County Announces Smaller Vaccine Clinics in Several Communities

County Announces Smaller Vaccine Clinics in Several Communities
(Oakland County, April 28, 2020)
Oakland County is launching a multi-faceted marketing campaign called “One by One” to promote the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines the same week the county expects providers to administer the one millionth dose. The campaign will emphasize how One by One we get stronger, we get healthier, we get back to business, we come together as a community. The call-to-action encourages Oakland County residents to do their part to help stop the pandemic by signing up to Save Your Spot and receive their COVID-19 vaccine through  OaklandCountyVaccine.com.
To promote community involvement, all individuals featured in the campaign, which will include television, radio, print, and social media ads, are residents of Oakland County. This campaign speaks to all audiences and residents throughout Oakland County with efforts focused on targeting vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations through smaller, targeted clinics that bring the vaccine into neighborhoods and communities One by one, as our residents get vaccinated, we take steps to stop this pandemic.
Meanwhile, Oakland County Health Division will conduct COVID-19 vaccination clinics by appointment only in the following communities: Ferndale, Hazel Park, Holly, Lake Orion, Pontiac, Rochester, Royal Oak Township, Troy, Waterford, and West Bloomfield. The county also is redistributing vaccine to 39 providers this week.
In Ferndale, the clinic is scheduled to run initially on Wednesday and Thursday, May 5 and 6, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., with more dates potentially added if there’s a demand.
Sign up at OaklandCountyVaccine.com.
The following is an update on progress vaccinating Oakland County residents, according to the State of Michigan COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard as of April 25, 2021:
Total eligible residents: 1,029,737
Number of residents who have received first dose: 582,147
Number of residents who have completed vaccination:  411,301
Vaccine coverage: 56.5%
Total eligible senior residents 65 and older:  217,676
Number of senior residents who have received first dose: 168,737
Number of senior residents who have completed vaccination: 150,289
Vaccine coverage for senior residents: 77.5%
Total doses distributed by state within Oakland County: 978,335
Total doses administered within Oakland County: 968,875
Percentage of doses administered within Oakland County: 99.0%

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