PEKIN, Ill. – The state will begin vaccinating children aged five to eleven from the COVID-19 virus in Tazewell County later this week, and the Tazewell County Health Department will join them next week.
The health department says the state will hold a school-based vaccine clinic at Olympia West Elementary School in Minier from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Friday.
Then, next week, officials say they will hold clinics Monday and Tuesday of next week, starting at East Peoria Community High School. That one will be Monday from 3:30 p.m.to 7 p.m.
The White House says by the end of Wednesday, 900,000 kids will have been vaccinated from COVID-19.
TAZEWELL COUNTY COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINICS FOR CHILDREN AGED 5-11:
Friday, November 12 (school-based vaccination clinic), 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Olympia West Elementary School, 302 N. School St., Minier
Monday, November 15 (Health Department Clinic), East Peoria Community High School, 1401 E. Washington, 3:30-7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 16, (Health Department Clinic), Morton First Mennonite Church, 205 S. Baltimore Ave., Morton, 3:30-7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 23, (Health Department Clinic), Washington Central Primary School, 1400 Newcastle Rd., Washington, 4-7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 1, Broadmoor/Dirksen School, 501 Maywood Ave., Pekin, 4-7 p.m.
