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The vaccinations got underway Monday in a well-orchestrated drive-thru effort at the county fairgrounds Author: Alex Fees (KSDK) Updated: 4:53 PM CST January 18, 2021
MONROE COUNTY, Ill. In Illinois, health officials are still in the first phase of vaccine distribution, which includes medical and long-term care workers and residents. Illinois will expand to the next phase, 1B, next week.
But in Monroe County, they’re ahead of schedule.
Beginning Monday, residents 85 and older lined up in their cars and got the COVID-19 vaccine shot. It happened in an orchestrated operation at the Monroe County Fairgrounds in Waterloo.
“Last week, we got 600 doses. We finished up our 1A people. We did some group homes at the end of the week. Then, we went into 1B and limited it to 85-and-above just because we knew we’d have enough vaccine to, hopefully, do that group. Then we’ll slowly move down in age,” explained Monroe County Health Department Admi