Northwest Michigan Health Services to take part in COVID-19 vaccine pilot program More than 35K doses to enhance state's vaccine equity strategy Compiled by Scott Fraley, [email protected] March 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A pharmacist prepares a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination site at NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) MANISTEE COUNTY — Eligible residents in Manistee, Benzie, Mason and Ocean counties soon will have another option for a location to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Over 35,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine are awarded to 22 pilot projects in an effort to help enhance the state’s vaccine equity strategy.