Michigan announced Friday that all residents aged 16 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on April 5, almost a month before the date President Joe Biden promised on May 1st.
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People aged 16 to 49 with certain medical conditions or disabilities qualify from March 22 when 50- to 64-year-olds can start shooting under a previous announcement. Two days later, March 24, a federally selected local mass vaccination site in Detroit’s Ford field will be open to administer an additional 6,000 doses per day for two months.
“The safe COVID-19 vaccine is the most effective way to protect you, your family and others from the virus.”
The US expects to have enough doses for adults by the end of May, but Biden warned that the process of administering the doses would take time. As of Wednesday, about 22% of Michigan’s 16-year-old population had been fully or partially vaccinated.
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The state health department said it could take a few weeks “after April 5” before anyone who wants the vaccine should get an appointment.
