State health department officials say they want more COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Michigan with longer hours.
Doctor Joneigh Khaldun is Michigan’s Chief Medical Executive. She says she wants people to have to travel no more than 20 minutes to a vaccination site.
She also hopes some of the clinics could operate 24 hours a day.
“We want to get shots in arms. But to do that we also have to really build a robust network of vaccination sites. We want to make sure Michiganders have equitable access to vaccines.”
Khaldun says the state has the capacity to vaccinate up to 80 thousand people a day, depending on the vaccine supply from the federal government.