MI COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility Expands Monday: What To Know

MICHIGAN – Michigan's COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expands Monday to include people over age 16 with underlying conditions or disabilities.

Providers are encouraged to continue prioritizing appointments for those at the highest risk, including older residents, essential workers and frontline workers.

Starting Monday, all providers can vaccinate people ages 16-40 with medical conditions or disabilities. The new push to vaccinate this age group is due to concerns about disparity in life expectancy and an effort to remove barriers to access, Governor Gretchen Whitmer said in a prepared statement.

Medical conditions that put people at risk include:

• Asthma
• Cancer
• Cerebrovasculr disease
• Chronic kidney disease
• COPD
• Cystic fibrosis
• Down syndrome
• Heart condition such as heart failure, coronary artery disease or cardiomyopathies
• Hypertension or high blood pressure
• Immunocompromised state from solid organ transplant
• Liver disease
• Neurological conditions such as dementia
• Obesity
• Pregnancy
• Sickle cell disease
• Smoking
• Type 2 diabetes

Those who are eligible to receive the vaccine should take the following steps to schedule an appointment:

• Check the local health department website for registration forms
• Check additional vaccination sites, such as Meijer, Rite Aid, Kroger, Walmart, Snyders or Cardinal Health
• Call the COVID-19 hotline at 888-535-6136.

Starting April 5, all Michiganders age 16 and older will be eligible to receive the vaccine.