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MARQUETTE Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services officials announced Friday that the state is expanding its vaccination eligibility for residents age 16 and up with disabilities or medical conditions beginning on March 22.
In addition, the state also announced that all Michiganders age 16 and up who weren’t previously eligible to receive a vaccine will now be eligible beginning on Monday, April 5.
The announcement comes shortly after a recent eligibility update that included people age 50 and up with medical conditions or disabilities and caregiver family members and guardians who care for children with special health care needs. These groups became eligible last Monday. All Michiganders age 50 and up will also become eligible on March 22.
ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.
UpdatedFri, Mar 19, 2021 at 2:04 pm ET
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The new vaccination site will be located at Ford Field, the home of the Detroit Lions, and will be able to administer 6,000 shots per day. (Shutterstock)
DETROIT, MI – All Michganders age 16 and older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting April 5, officials said Friday, following an announcement from the White House that a new mass COVID-19 vaccination site is expected open in Detroit by March 24.
The new vaccination site will be located at Ford Field, the home of the Detroit Lions, and will be able to administer 6,000 shots per day 5,000 shots on-site and 1,000 shots through a mobile vaccination location.
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