The federal government will send 44 military medical personnel to Michigan to help beleaguered hospitals treat COVID-19 patients amid a fourth surge that is the worst in the country, state health officials said Wednesday, Nov. 24. The federal government will send 44 military medical personnel to Michigan to help beleaguered hospitals treat COVID-19 patients amid a fourth surge that is the worst in the country, state health officials said Wednesday, Nov. 24. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The federal government will send 44 military medical staffers to Michigan to help beleaguered hospitals treat COVID-19 patients amid a fourth surge that is the worst in the country, state health officials said Wednesday. Gretchen Whitmer sought the assistance at the request of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association. Roughly 27% of the fully vaccinated ages 18 and older have received a booster, above the 20% rate nationally.
