DETROIT – The city of Detroit is taking major steps to get seniors in the city vaccinated. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced Wednesday an expansion of the city’s “Good Neighbor” program to make it easier to get vaccinated with an incentive to help others. Anyone who is 55-years or older who drives a Detroit senior citizen to get vaccinated can get vaccinated too -- regardless of where they live. Active members of the clergy who live or work in Detroit and whose ministry brings them into face-to-face contact with congregation members. Detroit residents 18+ with intellectual and developmental disabilities, caregivers of those residents and home healthcare providers if they travel in the same vehicle during the appointment.

DETROIT – Detroit residents who are 60 and older and have certain chronic medical conditions can now get the COVID-19 vaccine, Mayor Mike Duggan said. “Detroit is committed to making vaccines available to all our most vulnerable residents,” Duggan said. Eligible residents should make appointments at TCF starting Wednesday by calling 313-230-0505. Last week, Duggan made residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their live-in caregivers eligible for the vaccine. Duggan announced a program to provide $2 rides to the TCF center for Detroit residents who don’t have their own transportation.