Older adults are able to get vaccinated at Walgreens Author: Alex Fees (KSDK) Updated: 2:22 PM CST January 21, 2021
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. COVID-19 vaccinations for group 1B, adults age 65 and older, don t open in Illinois until Monday. But many older St. Clair County residents are already getting vaccinated at drugstores like Walgreens.
While many older adults are happy about the opportunity to get a vaccine shot, they also say it helps if you have a tech-savvy loved one who can help you with the online registration.
“So, it s really a relief,” said Barbara Friederich, when she and her husband, Larry, walked out of Walgreens in Fairview Heights. They received the COVID-19 vaccine inside after their daughter helped them with the online registration.
Southwestern IL counties report 400 new COVID-19 cases since Christmas Eve
Belleville News-Democrat 12/27/2020 Lexi Cortes, Belleville News-Democrat
Dec. 27 Metro-east health officials on Saturday reported 400 new COVID-19 diagnoses in their communities and 13 deaths to the respiratory disease.
Some counties included statistics from multiple days in the numbers they announced Saturday, following the holidays. Washington County reported data from three days; St. Clair County reported data from two.
Local leaders don t yet know if there will be a surge in diagnoses following December holidays, including Christmas. It will take a couple of weeks to find out, Herb Simmons, director of the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency, said during Saturday s county COVID-19 briefing.