Starting next week, residents in Vermilion County who are eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in the second phase will be able to do so.
Vermilion County Health Department Administrator Doug Toole says he estimates that there are 31,000 county residents who will be eligible to receive the vaccinations in the second phase. They include police, fire and other first responders, postal workers, teachers and education staff, seniors ages 65 or older, County and State officials, and food processing, manufacturing and transportation workers.
Toole says residents who meet the criteria for Phase 1B vaccinations should hold off on calling the health department for now. He says the staff is setting up a state-provided program that will allow county residents to make appointments and to enter their information online. He says they hope to be able to post the link to that program online next week.
Once residents are able to sign up using the computer program, Toole says it will allow for health department employees to be able to focus on planning and operating vaccine clinics and less time on scheduling appointments.
100 healthcare workers received the Moderna vaccine at the health department on Thursday, and 390 others received theirs prior to Thursday.
