Detroit-based Restaurant Workers and Food Service Workers are Now Eligible for COVID Vaccine

The COVID 19 vaccine is now available for all Detroit-based restaurant workers or food service workers. If you live in Detroit OR work in Detroit, you're eligible. There is no age limitation.

To set up an appointment, call: 313.230.0505

You can schedule an appointment 9 am - 6 pm via the above phone line.

More information on the Detroit website: https://detroitmi.gov/departments/detroit-health-department/programs-and-services/communicable-disease/coronavirus-covid-19/covid-19-vaccine-latest-updates

This will be a drive through operation at the TCF center.

The eligibility is also expanded to security guards and janitors:

- All food or beverage workers living or working in the City of Detroit: Grocery stores, restaurants, meat packing, food and beverage handling facilities.

- Security guards and janitors.

It might be a good idea to bring your ID and a paystub to make sure you meet eligibility.

From the Detroit Free Press:

The newly eligible workers include employees of restaurants, grocery stores, meatpacking companies and food and beverage firms. There is no age requirement for the workers but they must live or work in the city. Duggan estimates the groups total several thousand people.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2021/02/02/duggan-provide-update-expanded-covid-19-vaccinations-detroit/4352603001/

Thanks for reading and have a great day,

- Dr. Paul Thomas with Plum Health DPC

313.444.5630