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Mayor
expands
access
to TCF
vaccinations
to
Detroiters
age 70+
Detroit
postal
workers
and
on-site
essential
city
employees
are
included.
• Mayor
lowers
age
eligibility
for
Detroit
residents
to 70,
“Good
Neighbor”
drivers
65 years
or older
still
eligible.
• Postal
workers
living
or
working
in
Detroit
now
eligible
•
Essential
city
employees
working
from
their
normal
worksite
are also
eligible
now
DETROIT
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Starting
today,
three
new
groups
of
individuals
are
eligible
for
COVID
vaccines
at the
TCF
Center
and can
start
calling
to
schedule
appointments,
Mayor
Mike
Duggan
announced
today.
The full
list of
eligible
individuals
now
includes:
• Any
resident
of the
City of
Detroit
who is
age 70
or
older.
o
That
means
anyone
born in
1950 or
earlier.
• Good
neighbors
who
drive 70
year
olds to
TCF can
also get
vaccinated
at same
time –
if they
are 65
or older
(born
1955 or
earlier)
• K-12
and day
care
workers
• S.
Post
Office
Employees
who live
or work
in
Detroit
•
Employees
of the
City of
Detroit
or
city-related
agencies
who are
working
from
their
regular
job site
(Employees
working
from
home are
not
eligible
at this
time
Since
Monday,
the city
has
scheduled
nearly
6,000 of
the
20,000
appointments
the
Mayor
announced
would be
available
over the
next
four
weeks.
Yesterday,
the
first
400
residents
were
vaccinated.
Today,
that
number
increases
to 600
and will
be up to
1,000
per day
by next
week.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us USA
News
Network)
Initially,
testing
for
residents
was
limited
to those
age 75
or
older.
However,
the
current
call
volume
for
scheduling
requests
is
allowing
the
Mayor to
lower
the
threshold
to those
70 years
of age
or
older.
Any
“good
neighbor”
age 65
or
older,
regardless
of
residency,
is still
eligible
if they
drive a
Detroiter
age 75
or older
to TCF
for
their
vaccination.
“Just as
we did
with our
COVID
testing,
we are
going to
expand
access
to
vaccinations
every
chance
we get
until we
are able
to allow
any
Detroiter
who
wants a
vaccination
to get
one,”
Mayor
Duggan
said.
Duggan
also
added
that he
was
pleased
to hear
that
President-elect
Joe
Biden
commit
today to
speeding
up the
distribution
of
vaccines
and
providing
support
to
cities
to
establish
mass
vaccination
sites,
such as
Detroit’s
TCF
center.
“At
last, we
are
seeing a
true
national
strategy
to deal
with
this
10-month
old
COVID
crisis.
President-elect
Biden’s
plan he
announced
today
would
dramatically
speed up
vaccinations
in the
city of
Detroit
and
across
the
country.
I hope
Congress
moves
quickly
on this
proposal
so we
can put
this
virus
behind
us,"
Mayor
Duggan
said.
How to
schedule
an
appointment
Eligible
residents
can call
313-230-0505
between
9AM and
8PM,
Monday-Friday
to make
an
appointment.
As of
yesterday,
the
average
wait
time for
callers
who made
it
through
the
initial
prompts
to
determine
their
eligibility
was
about 15
minutes.
Detailed
information
on the
TCF
testing
site is
available
at
www.detroitmi.gov.
As
additional
independent
vaccination
sites at
pharmacies
and
elsewhere
come
online
in the
city, a
map of
locations
will be
added to
the
website.
Scheduling
details
Vaccinations
will be
administered
by
appointment
only.
Workers
and
residents
will not
be
vaccinated
without
having
first
made an
appointment.
Individuals
calling
the
scheduling
number
at
313-230-0505.
Senior
Citizens
scheduling
appointments
will be
required
to
provide
their
name,
residence
address
and age.
For
greater
efficiency
and
convenience,
the city
is
recommending
that
when
possible,
eligible
members
of the
same
family
or
neighbors
schedule
jointly
and
arrive
in the
same
vehicle.
Group B
essential
workers
will be
required
to
provide
the name
of their
employer
and
their
most
recent
pay stub
to
verify
their
eligibility.
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