Oakland Co. To Receive Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine This Week

OAKLAND COUNTY, MI — Oakland County will receive its first shipment of the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday or Wednesday, County Executive Dave Coulter said Monday.

The Oakland County Health Division is expecting 6,700 doses of the newly approved vaccine, Coulter said.

"These Johnson & Johnson doses arriving this week are another ray of hope," Coulter said. "Our challenge is supply that does not meet our demand, and a third effective vaccine helps. We look forward to getting more doses into arms of Oakland County residents so we can emerge from the heavy cloud of the pandemic."

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The Oakland County Health Division will be working with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to determine the guidelines for administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine, officials said.

Also this week, the health department received 16,380 vaccine doses from Pfizer, more than 9,300 of which are first doses for residents, officials said. The county also is receiving 4,400 doses from Moderna, 900 of which are first doses.

"We now have three vaccines that are effective in preventing serious illness, hospitalization and death," Oakland County Medical Director Dr. Russell Faust said. "It is important that people follow medical advice – get whatever vaccine you are offered."

Oakland County is hosting 15 COVID vaccination clinics by appointment only in Holly, Madison Heights, Novi, Pontiac, Rochester, Southfield, Waterford, and West Bloomfield. In addition, Oakland County's public health nurses are administering second doses at seven long-term care centers.