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COVID-19 vaccine doses given exceed 8 million in state; cases rising
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Declining doses
“We were surprised and pleased that people are coming from other areas because they’ve heard that we are operating a very good and efficient site,” said Sangamon County Department of Public Health Director Gail O’Neill.
National Guard members check people in, collect consent forms, and direct them to dozens of numbered tables set up at the back of the building where medical professionals administer the shots. Most are through the process in less than 10 minutes, and then are directed to wait the 15-minute observation period on folding chairs spaced six feet apart. National Guard members staff another few tables at the exit, armed with tablets to schedule second-dose appointments.
Declining doses
“We were surprised and pleased that people are coming from other areas because they’ve heard that we are operating a very good and efficient site,” said Sangamon County Department of Public Health Director Gail O’Neill.
National Guard members check people in, collect consent forms, and direct them to dozens of numbered tables set up at the back of the building where medical professionals administer the shots. Most are through the process in less than 10 minutes, and then are directed to wait the 15-minute observation period on folding chairs spaced six feet apart. National Guard members staff another few tables at the exit, armed with tablets to schedule second-dose appointments.
Illinois on Tuesday temporarily halted shots of Johnson & Johnson s popular one-dose vaccine for COVID-19 on the advice of federal health authorities who plan to meet Wednesday and review six U.S. cases of a rare and severe-type blood clot among the 6.8 million J&J vaccine recipients.
A statement from the Illinois Department of Public Health said the department instructed all providers of COVID-19 vaccines in the state to immediately discontinue use of the J&J vaccine at this time out of an abundance of caution.
FDA,CDC recommend J&J pause: Rare but severe blood clots reported
State officials indicated that the temporary suspension of J&J vaccine wouldn t significantly hamper efforts to vaccinate the population in the short term as officials try to reach herd immunity by getting at least 70% to 80% of Illinoisans vaccinated.
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