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With COVID-19 vaccine now arriving in the region, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department has outlined its projected timetable for offering inoculations to local residents.
Limited supplies of the Moderna vaccine will be given first to critical health care workers, then to staff and residents at long-term care facilities, and then to “necessary” health care workers.
By mid-January, officials hope to begin vaccinating frontline essential workers who keep critical infrastructure functioning, and people aged 75 years and older.
By mid-February, they hope to expand the program to people between the ages of 65 and 74, younger individuals with high risk medical conditions, and some other essential workers whose work must be performed on site.
By the end of March or early April, they hope to have enough vaccine to begin immunizing all those aged 16 or older.
Officials emphasize that the timetable is tentative, and depends on how much vaccine is available, and other information about safety and efficacy that may be learned as the process proceeds.
