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>>> FIRST AT 4:00, IF YOU LIVE
OR WORK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT,
MINOR DUGGAN HAS A NEWS FOR YOU.
ANOTHER COVID EXPANSION.
>>> AND POLAND IS TRACKING NEW
RESEARCH.
>>>
♪ I PULL UP MY MASK ♪
>> COULD THIS LITTLE DIDDY DRIVE
ITS WAY INTO YOUR HOUSE
♪ I OFTEN WASHED HANDS ♪
>> SPEAK UP VOTE ON NEW PSA
PUSH.
I WILL SHOW YOU HOW.
>>> IT IS NEVER BEEN WARMER IN
2021 THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW, BUT
WILL THE TEMPERATURES GO THE
OTHER DIRECTION BY THE END OF
THE WEEK?
WE WILL CHECK THAT OUT AND A WET
FORECAST TOO RIGHT NOW FIRST AT
4:00.
>> STATION NEWS STARTS NOW WITH
A BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM KAREN DREW.
THAT BREAKING NEWS FROM DETROIT
MAYOR DUGGAN AND WE ARE TRACKING
DEVELOPMENTS SURROUNDING THE
CORONAVIRUS.
FIRST AT 4 IN MICHIGAN, TODAY IS
THE FIRST DAY OF EXPANDED
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE COVID-19
VACCINE.
WE ARE GETTING A TEST RESULT ON
A FOURTH VACCINE CANDIDATE THIS
ONE FROM ASTRAZENECA.
BUT FIRST, MAYOR DUGGAN
ANNOUNCES NEW CHANGES TO
ELIGIBILITY IN THE CITY OF
DETROIT THAT EFFECTS DOZENS OF
PEOPLE IN THE SUBURBS AS WELL.
WE JUST HEARD FROM THE MAYOR.
>> Reporter: WE DID, KAREN.
MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN ANNOUNCED A
NEWS CONFERENCE MORE THAN AN
HOUR AGO.
THE CITY NUMBERS ARE MOVING IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION.
18 AND OLDER WHO LIVES IN THE
CITY OF DETROIT IS ELIGIBLE TO
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE TCF
CENTER.
THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANYONE WHO
WORKS IN THE CITY AND REQUIRED
TO SHOW UP TO A JOBSITE IN
DETROIT.
THE CITY EXPANDING ACCESS TO
DETROITERS 60 YEARS AND OLDER
WITH UNDERSIGHING.
POSITIVITY RATES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY
ARE ON THE RISE.
MAYOR DUGGAN HOPES MORE PEOPLE
WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BEING
VACCINATED.
>> WE ARE CLOSING IN ON 200,000
VACCINES IN THE CITY.
YOU ARE GETTING NO REPORTS OF
PEOPLE HAVING BAD EFFECTS FROM
THE VACCINES AND TRAGIC
CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE WHO DON’T
GET THEM.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE
CASE AND IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT
TO FOLKS WHO ARE SKEPTICAL AND
TAKE THEM IN BECAUSE YOU MAY BE
SAVING ANA LIFE.
>> THE MAYOR SAID SATURDAY
SENIOR EVENTS WILL BE CALLED
COMMUNITY SATURDAYS TO REFLECT
THE BROADER ELIGIBILITY.
KAREN, WE ARE SORT OF SORTING
OUT THE MAYOR’S COMMENTS FOR
TODAY.
WE WILL HAVE MORE WHEN YOU JOIN
US AT LOCAL 4.
>> Karen: THANK YOU, KIM.
>>> THE CITY IS MOURNING THE
LOSS OF ITS POLICE CHIEF.
HE DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS OF
COVID-19.
FRED POSIVITS WAS 56 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS PLANNING TO RETIRE THIS
JUNE.
WE ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE IN
CLINTON TOWNSHIP RIGHT NOW AND
WILL HAVE MORE ON THE CHIEF’S
LEGACY WHEN YOU JOIN US AT 6:00.
>> THE STATE OF MICHIGAN IS
SEEING A BIG EXPANSION IN
VACCINE ELIGIBILITY.
ANYONE 50 OR OLDER IS ELIGIBLE
FOR THE COVID VACCINE.
SO ARE PEOPLE 16 AND OLDER WITH
PRE-EXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS
OR DISABILITIES.
THAT IS AT THE SAME TIME THE
STATE IS WATCHING NUMBERS OF NEW
CASES CLOSELY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
ANOTHER POSSIBLE SURGE.
TODAY, THE STATE REPORTS 4800
NEW CASES OVER THE PAST TWO
DAYS.
THAT NUMBER JUMPING LAST
MONDAY’S 3100 CASES.
WE HAVE SEEN AN ADDITIONAL SIX
DEATHS.
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS COULD BOOST
CONFIDENCE IN THE FOURTH
COVID-19 BE CANDIDATE THIS ONE
FROM ASTRAZENECA.
TRIALS IN THE UNITED STATES,
CHILE AND PERU SHOWED 79%
EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING
SYMPTOMATIC ILLNESS.
HERE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT
NUMBER.
100% EFFECTIVE AGAINST SEVERE OR
CRITICAL DISEASE.
THIS LARGE TRIAL ALSO DID NOT
IDENTIFY ANY SAFETY CONCERNS
INCLUDING NO INCREASED RISKS OF
BLOOD CLOTS.
MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HIT THE
BREAKS WITH THE DISTRIBUTION
AFTER THOSE CONCERNS WERE
RAISED.
THIS IS A STEP TOWARD EMERGENCY
USE AUTHORIZATION IN THE U.S. IN
THE COMING WEEKS.
>>> SEVERAL MEMBERS OF
MICHIGAN’S CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATIONS GOT THEIR FIRST LOOK
AT THE STATE’S FIRST MASS
VACCINATION SITE.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GARLAND
GILCHRIS RECEIVED TOUR AS IT IS
CONVERTED INTO A MEDICAL
FACILITY.
THE SITE OFFICIALLY OPENS
WEDNESDAY.
AT 5:00, SOME MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS THOUGHT OF SKIPPING THE
VACCINE.
WHAT THEY ENDED UP DOING AND
WHY.
>>> WELL, SPRING HAS DEFINITELY
SPRUNG, TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s.
CAN WE KEEP IT GOING THROUGHOUT
REST OF THE WEEK.
THE SNEAK PEEK OF THE FIRST
FORECAST WITH BEN.
IT IS GORGEOUS OUT THERE.
>> Ben: IT IS, KAREN.
WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THIS
AND FLINGS GO START IN A HURRY
BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
TEMPERATURES MADE IT TO 70.
THE THIRD TIME THIS YEAR IT
HAPPENED.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO SET A RECORD
FOR THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF
THE YEAR BUT IN BETWEEN HOURS,
AND WE WON’T KNOW THAT UNTIL
4:3.
TEMPERATURES UPPER 60s AND
STRONG SOUTHWEST WIND HELPING
CAUSE.
RAIN NOT TOO FAR OFF.
SOME OF IN CHICAGO AND LAKE
MICHIGAN.
WE ARE NOT EXPECTING THAT UNTIL
TOMORROW.
THE FIRST OF THREE ROUNDS IN
SEVEN DAYS.
THAT WE ARE STARING AT AND
LOOKING AT GUSTY WINDS.
AND TEMPERATURES ARE SLIDING
DOWN HILL AND WILL TELL YOU MORE
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
KAREN.
>> Karen: THANK YOU, BEN.
>>> A TRAGIC STORY THAT WE HAVE
BEEN FOLLOWING.
A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAS DIED
AFTER BEING SHOT IN CLAUSON.
IT WAS A TENSE MOMENT IN 14
MILE.
THE TEENAGER WAS SHOT BY HER
STEPFATHER AND HE BARRICADED
HIMSELF IN THE HOME.
THE GIRL WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL AND SHE DIED FROM HER
INJURIES.
THE STEPFATHER SHOT HIMSELF AND
DIED.
>>> A JUDGE WILL DECIDE IF THREE
MEN CHARGED WITH THE DEATH OF A
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP WOMAN WILL
STAND TRIAL.
CHARGES AGAINST TIMOTHY MOORE,
SHANE EVANS AND SHANNON GROOM
PRESIDENT DEATH OF EGYPT
COVINGTON.
THE 27-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT FOUND
INSIDE OF HER HOME IN JUNE 2017.
IN COURT, COVINGTON’S BOYFRIEND
RECALLED THE TIME HE FOUND HER
BODY AS HE FOLLOWED THE DOG
THROUGH THE HOUSE.
HE COULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT HE SAW.
>> BY THEN, I FOLLOWED IT INTO
THE KITCHEN AND MAYBE JUST
ANOTHER STEP OR TWO AND INTO THE
LIVING ROOM WHERE EGYPT WAS
LAYING.
>> WAS SHE RESPONSIVE AT ALL?
>> NO.
>> DID YOU NOTICE SHE HAD ANY
INJURIES TO HER?
>> I COULD SEE BLOOD.
>> Karen: THE PRELIMINARY EXAM
WILL DETERMINE IF THERE IS
ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR ALL THREE
MEN TO PROCEED WITH THE TRIAL.
THAT CONTINUES TOMORROW.
>>> RESEARCHERS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HAVE
FOUND GROUNDBREAKING NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT THE COVID-19
VACCINE IN MINORITIES.
THAT INVESTIGATION FUNDED BY A
BIG FEDERAL GRANT.
PAULA TUTMAN STANDING BY TO TELL
US HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT AND
HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE
NEXT STEP.
PAULA?
>> Paul: HEY, KAREN, $1.4
MILLION FROM THE NIH AND GRANT
MONEY IS LITERALLY GOLD TO
RESEARCHERS.
WHAT THESE INVESTIGATORS MAN
FOUND HISTORIC MISTRUST AND
VACCINE HESITANCY IN MINORITY
COMMUNITIES ARE DISAPPEARING AND
THE REAL ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS
ACCESS OR LACK OF THERE.
THIS TEAM DEVELOPED A WAY TO GET
THE PUBLIC TO BASICALLY TAKE THE
MIC TO GET THE REAL MESSAGE OUT THERE.
♪ SOMETHING JUST AIN’T RIGHT,
♪ I PULL UP MY MASK ♪
♪ AND PULL DOWN MY SHIELD ♪
♪ MY OFTEN WASHED HANDS ARE TOO
CRACKED TO HEAL ♪
>>Reporter: PEOPLE ARE CREATIVE
AND HAVE STORIES TO TELL OF
THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES WITH THE
VIRUS AND VACCINE
♪ LIKE WAVES ON A MICHIGAN SHORE
♪
>>Reporter: GRANTED $1.4
MILLION TO SEEK OUT AND ADDRESS
COVID AWARENESS, MISINFORMATION
AND VACCINE HESITANCY OF
COMMUNITY IN WAYNE, WATER GNAW,
GENESEE AND KENT COUNTIES.
BY WORKING WITH COMMUNITY
CENTERS AND LEADERS AROUND THE
STATE, THEY FOUND AN IMPORTANT
SHIFT THAT DRIVES THE STUDY
BRANDED THE FIERCE URGENCY OF
NOW.
COMMUNITIES CONQUERING COVID OR
C 3 WAS GROUNDBREAKING.
>> WE ARE SEEING INCREASED
WILLINGNESS AND EXCITEMENT
AROUND GETTING THE VACCINE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
BUT ACCESS IS A CHALLENGE, AND
WE CAN’T -- WE WANT BLUR THOSE
ISSUES.
WE CAN’T PRETEND IT IS HESITANCY
WHEN IT IS REALLY ACCESS.
>> SOME NUMBERS SHOW 18% OF
MINORITIES HAVE HESITANCY AND
INVESTIGATORS SAY NOT JUST A
MESSAGE THAT CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE BUT MESSENGER.
>> RATHER THAN HAVING EXPERTS IN
A OFFICE COMING UP WITH THE
MESSAGES.
THE IDEA IS THAT THE CREATIVE
ENERGY FOR THESE MESSAGES AND
THE IDEAS FOR THE POWERFUL
MESSAGES EXIST OUT THERE IN THE
COMMUNITY AND OUR JOB IS TO
CREATE A WAVE FOR THOSE TO COME
TO THE SURFACE AND BE VIEWED BY
PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THEY INVITED
ARTISTS OF ALL KINDS TO WEIGH
IN. SOME WROTE MUSIC.
♪ SOMETHING JUST AIN’T RIGHT, ♪ WE CAN TALK IT OUT
♪
>>Reporter: SOME MADE CARTOONS
AND OTHER BE MAKES.
SOME WROTE POETRY, BUT ALL TOLD
IT LIKE IT IS IN THEIR OWN WAY.
♪
♪.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW THIS
CONTENT IS REALLY, REALLY
CREATIVE.
THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN. VOTING ACTUALLY OPENS TODAY.
VOTING ACTUALLY OPENS TODAY.
SO ANYONE CAN VOTE ON THE
CONTENT AND THE WINNER WILL GET
A SMALL STY PEND AND SOME OF
THAT GRANT MONEY WILL BE USED SO
THAT MESSAGE WILL TURN INTO
PUBLIC MESSAGING, PSAs AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU CAN FIND A
LINK ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM AND CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE AND DECIDE
WHAT THE MESSAGING CAN BE AND
OFF CHANCE TO ACTUALLY
PARTICIPATE.
>> Karen: LOVE THE IDEA AND
GREAT ETIVITY.
THANK YOU, PAULA.
>>> IKE A IN LEGAL TROUBLE.
THE COMPANY’S FRENCH SUBSIDIARY
GOING ON TRIAL ON CHARGES OF
SPYING.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHO ALLEGEDLY
WAS TARGETED AND POSSIBLE
PENALTIES.
>>> NEW DAMAGE CONTROL.
BRITAIN’S ROYAL FAMILY IS
THINKING OF A MORE AGGRESSIVE
APPROACH OF MORE ALLEGATIONS OF
RACISM IN THE PALACE.
>>> FIRST, LIFE OR DEATH.
THE SUPREME COURT FACES THE CASE