***UPDATE*** 4/13/21 4:15 P.M.
The Tazewell County Health Department has announced its pop-up clinic scheduled for Thursday will convert to a Pfizer site from its scheduled J&J site.
It will run from 11 A.M. until 5 P.M. at the Pekin Veterans Memorial Ice Rink, and will be open to anyone 16 and older.
The Pfizer vaccine is the only vaccine approved for people as young as 16. Any minors receiving the shot must be accompanied by a guardian.
Registration is available here.
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PEORIA, Ill. — Following CDC, FDA, and IDPH guidelines, local health departments in the Tri-County area will pause administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine clinics. Other Moderna or Pfizer clinics will continue.
Out of an abundance of caution, all one-dose clinics offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have been paused by the CDC and the FDA, pending a review of 6 cases of a rare blood clot. The CDC will convene a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to assess potential significance.
In a release, the Peoria City/County Health Department said people who have already received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine who develop severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain, or shortness of breath within 3 weeks after vaccination should contact their health care provider immediately. At this point, adverse effects appear to be extremely rare.
Peoria County clinics continue with Moderna:
Heddington Oaks clinics continue to use Moderna vaccine.
Pearce Community Center, in Chillicothe, Thursday, 4-15, will now use Moderna vaccine and individuals will be given 2 nd dose appointments at the clinic.
Woodruff Career & Technical Center, 1800 NE Perry, Peoria, April 14, 3pm-7pm will use Moderna vaccine and individuals will be given 2nd dose appointments.
Illini Bluffs, Glasford, today, April 13, 9am-noon, will be using Moderna.
Tazewell and Woodford Counties are currently waiting on guidance from the IDPH for two 1-day clinics with the Illinois National Guard to determine if those will be converted to Moderna vaccinations or will need to be canceled.
Information from the Peoria City/County Health Department is HERE.
Details from the Tazewell County Health Department are HERE.
Information from the Woodford County Health Department is HERE.
