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Lansing Mall to become COVID-19 vaccine site

Courtesy covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov

Starting next week the Lansing Mall will be a COVID-19 vaccination site for those who work and live in Barry and Eaton counties.

The vaccinations, which begin Monday at the Lansing Mall will be by appointment only. 

Sarah Surna is the Community Health Promotion Specialist for the Barry-Eaton District Health Department.

“The Lansing mall provides a good, large space for us to vaccinate large amounts of people safely with a large clinic, while keeping social distance, while having a capacity to give a lot of simultaneous appointments,” said Surna.

Surna says appointments are only available for health care workers, front line workers like police and teachers and those 65 years and older.

So far, more than 3,000 people living and working in Barry and Eaton counties have received a COVID-19 vaccine.