Priority Three:
Keep necessary health care infrastructure functioning.
Group A: Vaccinate workers with direct patient contact who conduct high risk procedures
(e.g.,
dentists, endoscopy, dialysis). This category includes mortuary workers.
Group B: Vaccinate other workers who have direct patient contact, including outpatient,
urgent care
, ambulatory care, and home health care.
Group C: Vaccinate workers with specialized skills critical to health care system functioning
who have indirect patient contact (e.g., hospital and public health laboratories, pharmacy,
and
medical waste handlers).
PHASE 1B: Persons 75 years of age or older
,
frontline essential workers in critical
infrastructure
, and residents in congregate settings not covered in Phase 1A.
Group A: Persons 75 years of age or older not covered in Phase 1A. This includes those in a
congregate setting that were not reached in Phase 1A.
Group B: Prioritized frontline workers whose work role has frequent or intense exposure,
and, due to the nature of the work, are not able to maintain social distance. For example, a
first responder may have to physically touch other people in their response, and a child
care provider cannot maintain social distance from children when caring for their physical
needs. Per CDC guidance, vaccinating staff and incarcerated/detained persons is
recommended because of shared increased risk of disease. The specific prioritized
categories
are:
•
Pre-Kindergarten through high school teachers, support staff and child care
workers who usually
have direct contact with children
•
First responders not covered in Phase 1A (e.g., firefighters, police, conservation
officers, inspectors
)
•
Corrections workers (e.g., staff in prisons, jails, juvenile justice facilities) and
incarcerated or detained individuals, due to shared increased risk of disease and the
difficulty in controlling outbreaks in correctional facilities (
COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs in
Correctional and Detention Centers | CDC
).
•
Workers in homeless shelters, as well as residents, given
congregate settings could
facilitate the spread of infection.
•
Workers in congregate child care institutions*, and adult and child protective
services.
*Consistent with the March 2, 2021 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretarial
Directive for Prioritization of COVID-19 Vaccines and Administration for Certain Educational and
Childcare Workers, the State of Michigan will continue to make available and administer COVID-19
vaccines to school and child care staff, including but not limited to “those who work in pre-
primary, primary, and secondary schools, as well as Head Start and Early Head Start programs
(including teachers, staff, and bus drivers) and those who work as or for licensed child care
providers, including center-based and family care providers.”