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PEORIA, Ill. The Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday provided an update on the area’s coronavirus vaccine supply, as well as warned against pandemic-related scams, during its weekly COVID-19 news conference.
Due to the prevalence of winter weather in the area in the past week, Public Health administrator Monica Hendrickson said the tri-county is waiting to receive a substantial amount of vaccine doses.
“Because of the winter storms and how we do week allocations, our tri-county area is approximately waiting on 10,000 doses,” said Public Health Administrator Monica Hendrickson. “This is primarily second doses, so we do still have a little bit of wiggle room.”
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The Tri-County area announced sharp cutbacks in its allocation of first COVID-19 vaccine doses last week as the state directed local health departments to dedicate more to second doses.
First-dose supply may rebound in the weeks to come as health departments make their way through the current wave of second doses, but Peoria City/County Health Department Monica Hendrickson said she s concerned about future ebbs and flows in first-dose availability as more second doses need to be administered, and overall supply remains stagnant.
The hope is that an increase in vaccine production volume can offset the reallocations needed for second doses.