Michigan — On March 12th, Governor Whitmer announced that Ford Field will be converted to a mass vaccination site that will open on March 24th. The Biden Administration is partnering with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to create an eight-week long push to administer 6,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine per day.
The facility will operate from 8 AM to 8:30 PM seven days a week, and it’s part of the federal government’s vaccination pilot program targeted at the population’s most vulnerable.
Governor Whitmer said, “The safe and effective vaccine is the best way to protect Michiganders and their families, and it is essential to getting our country back to normal, so that we can all hug our loved ones, get back to work, and send our kids to school safely. I want to thank President Biden and FEMA for the opportunity to build one of the nation’s first community vaccination sites to service the entire Southeast Michigan region.”
Whitmer noted that over one million Michiganders have already been vaccinated and the new mass vaccination site at Ford Field will help the state reach its goal of equitably vaccinating 70% of Michiganders 16 years or older.
When the site opens at the end of March, they will be offering first doses of the Pfizer vaccine for the first three weeks followed by second doses for those recipients the following three weeks. There will be no cost to patients , and information about registering at the Ford Field Mass Vaccination Site is forthcoming.
Reporting for WGRT – Jessie Wiegand
