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Announcing New Location for SCHD Walk-In Clinics

Drive-thru clinics were an essential part of our vaccination strategy during the winter months to protect our most vulnerable and elderly residents. Holding clinics in nearly every corner of the county -- including our most socially vulnerable neighborhoods --  was another important decision to maximize accessibility and equity.

But every good strategy has pivot points. So, we're pivoting. We have temporarily leased the old Sears Department Store in Fashion Square Mall for May and June (and beyond if needed) to provide residents with a convenient, centralized vaccination location near the restaurant and retail corridor in Saginaw County.

Our shift to a safe, spacious temporary indoor site is based on:

• Vaccine demand peaking the week of April 11, now slowly declining and reducing the necessity for our team to hold daily clinics at a different location each day
• Weather warming up and younger, more mobile residents seeking vaccination
• Demand for walk-in flexibility and evening hours 

This week, we will be releasing a "county-wide COVID-19 vaccination clinic schedule" containing every Saginaw County provider's vaccine locations and times. You will see the health department's second-dose clinics at many of the locations we've used for first-dose clinics. But, in addition, we will be at the Sears Department Store building every Tuesday, 9am-4pm, and every Wednesday 3:30-6:30pm May 11-June 30.

We will continue to work hard to reach neighborhoods where communications, technology, trust, and access remain obstacles, working with our churches as neighborhood focal points. 

In another new development, Covenant is now offering the COVID-19 vaccine seven days a week at their MedExpress locations and in some physician offices by appointment.