Health Department offers Pfizer shots Thu., Fri., Sat., Tues.; COVID rapid tests Mon. in Suttons Bay

From staff reports

To mitigate Michigan’s worst-in-the-nation surge of COVID-19, the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department is offering free Coronavirus rapid testing and PCR resting on Monday, April 26, from noon until 6 p.m. at Suttons Bay Middle School.

You can preregister by clicking here and scanning a QR code with your phone. Walk-ins are welcome, too. The tests are free for all Michigan residents regardless of symptoms.

The Health Department is also offering COVID-19 vaccination appointments—on Thursday, April 22, at Frankfort High School; at Glen Lake High School on Friday, April 23; at Benzie Central High School on Saturday, April 24, and at Crystal Mountain Resort on Tuesday, April 27. All appointments are between 1-5:45 p.m.

Pfizer vaccines will be administered. Anyone age 16 or older is eligible. Second shots will be given approximately three weeks later

“As cases are on the rise, consider scheduling yourself and your teenager(s),” writes the Health Department. “A parent or legal guardian must be present when a 16- or 17-year-old is vaccinated

To schedule an appointment, click here or call 231-256-0219.

An impressive 63.1 percent of Leelanau County residents age 16 and older have received at least one dose of their COVID-19 vaccine. That’s the highest in the state, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID Vaccine Dashboard.

Click here to read the feature story in our April 15 edition of the Sun that celebrates public health workers for protecting us against COVID-19.