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Brant Adreon, right, receives the first COVID-19 vaccine dose in the Dunlap High School library, where OSF HealthCare set up a clinic on Thursday, April 29, 2021.
COVID-19 vaccination clinics began this week in several Peoria County school districts. But the uptake varies significantly by community.
Amid rising case counts among younger people, Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson says she wanted to get the Pfizer vaccine to teens as quickly as possible. So her office worked with the region s two major health care systems to set up in-school clinics. It s again coming back to convenience. Your kids are in their school, it s easy, it s a group you can catch quickly, she said. It also makes it easier for families to get their kids protected.