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Michigan Medicine receives first shipment of Pfizer vaccine

Plans on vaccinating most at-risk employees
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Posted at 11:18 AM, Dec 14, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-14 17:32:14-05

(WXYZ) — Michigan Medicine received 1,950 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning.

The health care system plans on vaccinating its employees who are most at-risk this week.

Michigan Medicine plans to do a small amount of vaccinations on Monday in addition to vaccinating groups of employees on Tuesday.

The health care system has about 28,000 employees, so the first shipment is a limited supply.

Michigan Medicine says it has implemented a phased approach for employees consistent with recommended guidelines from federal and state health agencies.

It will ramp up vaccinations next week depending on supply.

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