Another round of COVID-19 vaccine appointments coming Tuesday in Macomb County – The Macomb Daily

Round three of the ongoing lottery-like process of getting COVID-19 vaccine administered by the Macomb County Health Department is set to go live Tuesday morning.

In the first two rounds, phone lines were jammed and the website was constantly refreshed by thousands competing for the available supply provided to Macomb County. That is likely to be the case Tuesday morning when health officials will schedule another round of appointments.

Earlier this month, Governor Gretchen Whitmer opened up vaccine eligibility from only the Center for Disease Control's 1A designation, essential frontline health workers and those 75 and over, to include those in 1B -- child-care providers, preschool personnel teachers or frontline essential workers who live or work in Macomb County, including police officers, first responders, frontline state and federal workers, and jail and prison staff.

While the county has gone ahead with expanding the scope of who can receive the vaccine, Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel has been critical of the state, saying the county is not being provided with enough doses to meet demand. He has stated if it had the doses available the county could administer as many as 50,000 per week. In the first two rounds Macomb set appointments for around 5,400 people.

Appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine for eligible individuals who live or work in Macomb County will be available beginning at 8:30 a.m. by phone at 586-463-8777 or online at MacombGov.org/covidvaccine.

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