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As requirements for vaccinations or negative COVID tests begin to pop up, so do "fake" vaccination cards.

A pediatric ophthalmic technician at Devos Children's Hospital has caused a stir with her anti-vaccine videos on Tik Tok. Devos Children's Hospital is making the vaccine mandatory for its employees after it receives FDA approval.

On Monday we speculated that vaccine requirements and Covid-19 testing could soon come to fruition in West Michigan, and now it appears that is the case and could start as soon as this month.

The vaccination rate in the state has gone done almost every week since April.

Need to get vaccinated? Free COVID-19 vaccines are going to be offered at The Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival this year -- and you could score $25 to a local brewery.

Today the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services along with Governor Whitmer announced the first four winners in the MIShotToWin.com sweepstakes. West Michigan's Larita Lee of Wyoming was one of the $50,000 winners.

Today the parent company that runs Mercy Health System in West Michigan, Trinity Health based in Livonia, announced that they will immediately begin requiring that employees receive the Covid-19 vaccination.

In less than 24 hours after the Michigan vaccine lottery was announced, nearly 500,000 people in Michigan have registered to win the cash prizes valued up to $2 million.

Grand Valley State University plans to give out $100 to 1,000 GVSU students this summer in an effort to increase the student vaccination rate before classes start this fall. Their Virus Action Team hopes to have 70% of the student body vaccinated by fall.

Health officials with the state are reminding people the importance of getting your pets vaccinated.

As the West Michigan Vaccine Clinic in downtown Grand Rapids winds down, Spectrum Health is expanding its vaccine clinics across West Michigan. After more than 500 newly eligible 12 to 15-year-olds were vaccinated at the health system's Saturday clinic on 60th St., officials are hoping that more parents will continue to get them vaccinated.

This is to better accommodate those who feel more comfortable getting the shot in their own neighborhoods.