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By Neil Doyle and Illinois Information Service
PEORIA – Health care workers at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria were some of the first to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Illinois.
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said the workers will need a second round.
Governor Pritzker and Dr. Ezike witness the first COVID-19 vaccination in Illinois. https://t.co/buUh3qxtHl
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) December 15, 2020
“It’s very important that everyone understands that you do need both vaccines with that minimum of 21 days apart,” she said. “They can not consider themselves appropriately covered or immune from this single shot.”
There are 90 hospitals that will be giving the vaccine this week to health care staff in counties with the highest COVID death rates, said Ezike. That doesn’t include McLean County.
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