Collaboration helps with COVID vaccination outreach with Black, Latino residents in Washtenaw County
Updated Apr 15, 2021;
Posted Apr 14, 2021
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks with the Rev. Larry Davis, pastor of Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church, as she visits a vaccine clinic at the EMU Convocation Center on Monday, April 12, 2021.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
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YPSILANTI, MI Pop-up vaccination clinics are being credited by Washtenaw County leaders as a key part of combatting the disproportionately low number of Black and Latino residents getting shots.
Five pop-up vaccine clinics were done in March in areas most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 2,084 doses administered at schools, churches and community sites, 239 (11.5%) of those vaccinated were Hispanic or Latino, while 606 (29%) were Black.
Whitmer, Dingell tour Washtenaw County vaccine clinic, aim to increase access for vulnerable persons
Updated Apr 12, 2021;
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YPSILANTI, MI Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell at Washtenaw County’s mass vaccination clinic Monday morning to encourage Michiganders to get vaccinated to discuss efforts surrounding vaccine access and equitable distribution.
The leaders highlighted efforts made by the Washtenaw County Health Department as well as St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, which has partnered with the health department to support its vaccine clinics.
Dingell, D-Dearborn, and Whitmer were joined on the April 12 tour of Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center by Washtenaw County Health Officer Jimena Loveluck; Alonzo Lewis, CEO of St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor and St. Joseph Mercy Livingston hospitals, and the Rev. Larry Davis, pastor of Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church in Ypsilanti.
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Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor
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