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Detroit residents age 18 and older with documented intellectual or developmental disabilities and home health care providers now can get a COVID-19 vaccine, Mayor Mike Duggan announced Thursday. Conditions covered under the new directive include cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome, muscular dystrophy, Tourette s syndrome, ADHD, spina bifida and hearing and vision impairments. Duggan mentioned three other states Ohio, Maryland and New Mexico that offer priority vaccines to people with disabilities. During a briefing, he said he hopes the rest of Michigan will catch up soon because these people are some of the most vulnerable to the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. ....
Many of the citations in Detroit, the city said, stemmed from a citywide curfew on May 31 and June 1-2 that prohibited activity after 8 p.m. unless it was connected to work, going to the doctor, pharmacy or grocery store and for disruptive and violent behavior. Protesters against police brutality sued the city of Detroit on Monday, seeking to ban police from using batons, riot gear, tear gas and rubber bullets against them. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court claims Detroit police used those objects to fracture bones, inflict baseball-size lumps and concussions, collapse lungs and cause other injuries that left Black Lives Matter protesters hospitalized and disoriented during marches in Detroit that started on May 29. ....
The COVID-19 pandemic kept him here a little bit longer than planned, but Macomb County Health Department Director William Ridella is retiring after eight years in the post. Ridella said he planned to retire earlier this year but stayed to help the county navigate its way through the biggest-ever public-health crisis. âI wanted to continue as long to help deal with this crisis in public health,â Ridella said Tuesday. âNow that the vaccine is coming out, there is a beacon of light out there and weâre moving in the right direction. - Advertisement - âIâm confident the staff of the Health Department will do, as they have done, a tremendous job. Yes, there is still a lot of work to be done, but Iâm confident the staff will be able to handle it.â ....
The COVID-19 pandemic kept him here a little bit longer than planned, but Macomb County Health Department Director William Ridella is retiring after eight years in the post. Ridella said he planned to retire earlier this year but stayed to help the county navigate its way through the biggest-ever public-health crisis. âI wanted to continue as long to help deal with this crisis in public health,â Ridella said Tuesday. âNow that the vaccine is coming out, there is a beacon of light out there and weâre moving in the right direction. - Advertisement - âIâm confident the staff of the Health Department will do, as they have done, a tremendous job. Yes, there is still a lot of work to be done, but Iâm confident the staff will be able to handle it.â ....