Wayne County Announces New Vaccination Clinics for Seniors

DETROIT – Wayne County has announced that it will open several vaccination clinics for residents 65 and older.

According to county executive Warren Evans, vaccination clinics for residents of Canton, Highland Park, Hamtramck, Inkster, Melvindale, Pontiac Romulus and Wayne City will begin on February 23.

“I am pleased that Wayne County is in a position to start vaccinating the elderly,” said Evans. “I know that everyone is looking forward to getting back to normal safely. Our team is working hard to ensure that all of our residents can get their COVID vaccine as quickly as the vaccine is available.

There are no immediate appointments and the elderly should make an appointment by calling the site number in their communities.

The full list of clinics and how to apply can be found below.

Community	Vaccination site	Date and time	Registration information
Canton and Plymouth	Summit on the Park 46000 Summit Parkway Canton	February 25th to 26th 9 am-3 pm	Call 734-203-7657 The call center will be open from Monday to Wednesday, from 10 am to 4 pm
Highland Park and Hamtramck	Say Detroit Clinic Glendale Avenue 211 Highland park	February 25th. 9h-noon	Hamtramck residents: call Ruth Harlin 313-252-0050 extension 240 Highland Park residents, surname AL: call 313-688-5180 Highland Park residents, surname MZ: call 313-590-0470
Inkster	Booker T. Dozier Center 2025 Middlebelt Road Inkster	February 25 9h-noon	Call 313-563-4236 extension 2383
Melvindale	Melvindale Community Center 4300 Dearborn Street Melvindale	February 24th to 25th 9h-noon	Call 313-914-2178
Romulus	Romulus Senior Center 36525 Bibbins Street Romulus	February 23 9h-noon	Call 734-955-4120
City of wayne	Hype Athletic Center 4635 Howe Road Wayne	February 26 9h-noon	Call 734-722-2204 or send an email to [email protected]

“Each vaccinated resident brings us closer to ending the pandemic,” said Evans. “I also want to thank the state of Michigan for working with Wayne County to ensure that we have more doses to vaccinate our seniors more quickly. The vaccine delivery process is limited by the vaccine available – from which no one is getting enough – but Wayne County is putting vaccines in the arms as soon as we get them. “

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More information can be found on the Wayne County official website here.

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