Getting COVID vaccinations to high-risk populations is a top priority for health officials in Michigan. Contracts costing nearly $60 million have been awarded to organizations that can provide mobile or community-based vaccination services.
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel said, “Providing mobile and other community-based vaccination services will help ensure high-risk individuals have access to the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. This is part of the state’s efforts to bring vaccine into communities and to vaccinate as many Michiganders as possible.”
The vendors will bring vaccines to homebound residents, community-based mobile clinics, neighborhood testing sites, seasonal agricultural workers, shelters, transient communities, and other vulnerable populations. They will also facilitate medium to large vaccination sites.
Hertel said, “To date, more than 61% of Michigan residents have received at least their first dose of vaccine and we continue to urge everyone who is eligible to get theirs as soon as possible. There are several variants of the virus circulating in our state, including the concerning Delta variant, and we know the vaccine is our best protection against COVID-19.”
Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland
