IL To See First Shot of Vaccine Given Today wlds.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wlds.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Screenshot from video provided by Gov. J.B. Pritzker s office
Originally published on December 15, 2020 1:51 pm
When Gov. JB Pritzker observes COVID-19 vaccines administered at a Peoria hospital on Tuesday morning, he’ll be witnessing among the first COVID-19 inoculations in Illinois after the state received its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech.
The state received 48,000 doses of the vaccine on Monday about half what the state is expecting this week.
Pritzker on Monday said the vaccines’ arrival marked “the beginning of the end of the pandemic,” though it will be many months before all Illinoisans who want a COVID-19 vaccine are able to get one.
Police news for Monday, Dec. 14
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ARRESTS, CITATIONS
• Airyn D. Shanks, 24, of 751 E. College Ave. was arrested at 1:45 a.m. Sunday on a charge of resisting a peace officer after police said he refused to cooperate after being told he was under arrest on a warrant.
THEFTS, BURGLARIES
• A women’s blue Schwinn bicycle was taken from the backyard of a residence in the 800 block of Allen Avenue between 8:30 a.m. Friday and 22:20 a.m. Saturday.
ACCIDENTS
• A 16-year-old girl was cited on a charge of failing to yield after the car she was driving and one being driven by a 17-year-old girl collided at 8:41 p.m. Friday at Walnut and Sandusky streets.
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
We are ready : Macon County health officials prepared for arrival, distribution of COVID vaccine herald-review.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from herald-review.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.