Ford Field taking walk-ins and offering Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Ford Field offers 1-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines

Get the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at Ford Field this week.

DETROIT - Ford Field will only offer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and second dose shots from Pfizer as it reaches the final two weeks of operation as a mass vaccine site.

Beginning Tuesday and extending through May 17, anyone who signs up for an appointment through the federally managed center will receive the one-shot vaccine since it won't be running for any scheduled second doses by then.

Ford Field is also accepting walk-ins beginning today, however, people are still encouraged to schedule an appointment to avoid potential crowding. Text EndCOVID to 75049 or calling the MDHHS COVID-19 Hotline at 888-535-6136 to schedule an appointment. The hotline also has resources for people who need a ride to their vaccine.

The center has been running from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day since the beginning of April.

Walk-ins should enter Ford Field through Gate G. The site will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. daily. Free parking is available at 1902 St. Antoine.

According to a release last week, 229,184 people received a vaccine at Ford Field, which is the country's first FEMA-operated facility designed to streamline inoculation.

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