The Detroit Health Department is celebrating children who got vaccinated during two special family and friends COVID vaccination clinics.

Thursday was a big day for the Bailey sisters. They both decided to get the vaccine at the Northwest Activities Center. Just like a proud mother, Natasha Bailey was there, standing by for both of them.

For the first time, children between the ages of 12 and 15 are able to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

As of Thursday, the city’s vaccination rates are at only 21%, about 10% less than Michigan’s vaccination rate.

The City of Detroit has expanded and added walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinics in the city.

As of Thursday, the city’s vaccination rates are at only 21%, about 10% less than Michigan’s vaccination rate.

With eight million doses delivered to Michigan and six million shots being administered, demand for the vaccine is drying up.

Detroit opened four vaccination sites that will not require appointments in an effort to speed up getting younger people vaccinated against COVID-19.

Robert Huguley, 74, receives Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, Jan. 27, 2021, at the TCF Center in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)DETROIT – All Detroiters 16 and older are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, the city announced Monday. Any Detroit resident age 16 or older can now call to schedule an appointment to be vaccinated at the TCF Center. Johnson & Johnson vaccine site opened at Northwest Activities Center 9-1 this Saturday. Chief Public Health Officer Denise Fair also announced that the Detroit Health Department has been informed it will receive its first allocation of Johnson and Johnson vaccine this week.

READ: More answers to questions about coronavirusI see CDC recommends no painkillers or antihistamines before taking COVID vaccines. It is recommended that people separate the COVID vaccine from any other vaccine by 14 days. AdA friend of mine made an appointment for the COVID vaccine and she was told that she would be charged a copay. I specifically want the one shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is planning to start a separate clinic at the Northwest Activities Center that will offer only the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

DETROIT – Mayor Mike Duggan spent the first half of his annual State of the City address laying out the steps that have been taken to make sure Detroiters share in economic advancement. The other half of the address was about COVID-19 vaccine expansion. A new vaccination clinic will be opening this month at the Northwest Activities Center, which will have the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Duggan was in hot water last week after he turned down 6,200 doses of the vaccine, suggesting it was not the best. Detroit rallied when the mayor and his team, early in the pandemic, called on the city to take all precautions to flatten the curve.

DETROIT - Tension, excitement and happy tears filled the room as more than 100 parents and friends packed the Northwest Activities Center for a watch party to support the Detroit Youth Choir on "America's Got Talent." The parents haven't seen their children in two months and their kids have kept what their performance numbers would be super secret. "My son won't tell me and I want to know," DYC parent Kyana Smith laughingly told us. "I'm proud of him, the choir, Mr. White and now they have a chance to win it all." View photos from the watch party below:Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.