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Madison, St. Clair counties have combined to fully vaccinate nearly 121,000 residents
Belleville News-Democrat 3 days ago Garen Vartanian, Belleville News-Democrat
Apr. 7 COVID-19 summary for Wednesday, April 7
According to data released by the Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday, Madison and St. Clair counties have combined to vaccinate 282,652 people and fully vaccinated 120,891 against the coronavirus.
Overall, Madison County has administered 144,811 COVID-19 vaccines and fully vaccinated 62,722 residents, and St. Clair County has administered 137,841 vaccines and fully vaccinated 58,169 individuals.
Meanwhile, the metro-east region has now fully vaccinated 149,319 people and administered at least one dose of the vaccine to 350,974 individuals.
In total, nearly 2.5 million Illinoisans have been fully vaccinated.
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Chief Judge Rosenstengel
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. Magistrate Judge Gilbert Sison on Feb. 18 dismissed physician Melvin Merritt from a suit over delivery of a baby, ruling that plaintiff Heather Turner must sue the United States instead.
Sison found Merritt acted as an employee of Southern Illinois Health Care Foundation, a public health service that qualifies for protection from malpractice suits.
“When a public health service’s employee or officer’s performance of medical functions causes damages, including personal injury or death, the only available remedy is a Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuit against the United States,” he wrote.
He denied a motion to remand the suit to Madison County circuit court, where Morgan Scroggins of Granite City filed it for Turner last year.
Belleville News-Democrat
Cars pull up for COVID-19 vaccinations at Belle-Clair Fairgrounds in Belleville on Feb. 1, the first day for a drive-thru clinic operated by St. Clair County agencies with help from the National Guard. On Friday, nearly 80% of the appointments were taken by people as far away as California.
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio.
St. Clair County officials said Saturday they are making changes to COVID-19 vaccination scheduling a day after hundreds of ineligible people made appointments.
On Friday, an estimated 800 people who were not eligible under state and county vaccination guidelines had scheduled appointments through a link and password that officials believe was shared via email, text message and social media. The county asks eligible residents not to share that information when the health department or a hospital administering vaccines provides it to them.