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CENTRAL ILLINOIS, Ill. (WAND) - Local hospitals in Central Illinois are prepared to vaccinate employees as early as Monday.Â
The first trucks bearing the doses departed Pfizer s plant in Portage, Michigan on Sunday and the company expects to deliver 2.9 million doses to 636 predetermined locations by the end of this week.109,000 initial doses will come to Illinois in the first shipment, with 23,000 allocated to Chicago and 86,000 to the rest of the state.
In Illinois, hospitals that are in the top 50 counties with the highest deaths per capita will receive doses for its employees. Each health region in Illinois has a hospital that is a designated vaccine hub. In Central Illinois, those hospitals include Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign and HSHS St. John s Hospital in Springfield.Â
MATTOON â Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center is preparing to receive its first allotment of the new COVID-19 vaccine and to begin administering doses to its staff members.
Spokeswoman Patty Peterson said Sarah Bush Lincoln has been told that the initial shipment on Monday or Tuesday will consist of 475 vaccines and that subsequent shipments will follow on a weekly basis. She said the vaccination requires two shots three weeks apart, so it will take several weeks to serve all of the health center s approximately 2,700 staff members.
Peterson said Sarah Bush Lincoln has developed a plan for vaccinating staff members based on their position, age and work location. She said the vaccine could potentially have side effects for some recipients, so the health center will not administer doses to all the employees within a particular department during the same timeframe.Â