The Novi station will be the second in southwest Oakland County to serve as a vaccination spot. It currently has more than 520,000 doses shipped across the state, with more than 83,000 shipped in Oakland County and more than 20,000 in Wayne County outside of Detroit. 4, the State of Michigan has administered more than 140,000 doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, both of which were approved for emergency use last month. It will continue to operate as a fire station, with firefighters staffing the building, he said.Īs of Jan. Molloy said it's expected the fire station will be used as a vaccination center for several months. The next set of people expected to receive the vaccine include those frontline essential workers and individuals who are 75 years and older. The state is currently vaccinating those at the highest risk for COVID-19, including paid and unpaid persons serving in health care settings who have direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious materials and are unable to work from home, as well as residents of long-term care facilities. Members of the general public will have to wait a while before they are eligible to stop by the station for their jab. "We are grateful to Novi because, like our other community partners, they are providing the location for drive-thru vaccinations at no cost to the Oakland County Health Division," he said. He said the county is appreciative Novi, as well as other communities, are offering sites up for vaccination sites without any financial compensation. More: State not renewing contract on Novi field hospital for COVID-19 patientsīill Mullan, communications director for Oakland County, said the site will begin vaccinations by appointment only starting Sunday. More: Cheers! First COVID-19 shots given at Ascension Providence in Novi More: Planet Fitness becomes latest opening at Novi's Adell Center "It affords the opportunity for traffic to queue," Molloy said. Those who receive the vaccine are required to wait onsite for 15 minutes after receipt to make sure there are no negative side effects. In addition to its convenient location at 10 Mile and Wixom roads not far off Interstate 96, it has room for enough vehicles to line up and space for the monitoring period required after recipients get the shot, Molloy said. 4 at 49375 10 Mile being the best space to offer. Molloy said Oakland County reached out to the city in search of a space to offer vaccinations, with Fire Station No.
Vaccinations will begin to take place for people in Phase 1A of the state's vaccination group next week, said Police Chief David Molloy, who also serves as the City of Novi's public safety director. Add one more location to get a COVID-19 vaccination in southwest Oakland County.
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