JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa suspended giving Johnson & Johnson vaccine shots Tuesday as a “precautionary measure” and the company delayed its European vaccine rollout following an FDA decision to pause the jabs while very rare blood clot cases are examined.
Illinois will pause distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson on advice of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Illinois will pause distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson on advice of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Illinois will pause distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson on advice of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dozens of Americans are rolling up their sleeves for a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine — this time, shots tweaked to guard against a worrisome mutated version of the virus.
With vaccine supply still limited in the Chicago area, many city residents and suburbanites are traveling hundreds of miles across the state. Now some are trying to reschedule that second dose closer to home, with mixed results.
The Macon County Health Department is hosting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Tuesday.
Macon County public health officials confirmed Friday the presence of a third strain of COVID-19 in the county.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker reiterated that all Illinois residents age 16 and older will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine beginning Monday, April 12, as vaccine supply – but also virus transmission rates and hospitalizations – continues to increase.
More COVID-19 vaccine appointments, including some on Saturday, are now available in Macon County.
About 18.64% of Macon County residents are now fully vaccinated, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Crossing Healthcare is holding one-dose Johnson & Johnson and two-dose Moderna vaccine clinics starting Friday.
Anyone 16 and older will be able to schedule an appointment beginning Monday in suburban Cook County and the state’s other 101 counties. The city of Chicago has said it will expand to universal eligibility on April 19.
The state next week will make 150,000 first-dose appointments for coronavirus vaccinations available at 11 state-run mass vaccination sites in the Chicago suburbs and at area pharmacies as Illinois opens eligibility to everyone 16 and older, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday.
The Macon County Health Department reported 40 new cases, bringing its total to 10,015. Of those, eight are hospitalized and 185 have died.
Rising numbers of people with COVID-19 or symptoms of the disease who are being hospitalized have slowed the state's progress toward Gov. J.B. Pritzker's "Bridge Phase." In that phase, more restrictions will be eased on public gatherings and businesses before a full reopening is allowed.
Thousands of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will be administered within the next week across Central Illinois, state and local officials announced.
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to rise in Illinois as the statewide seven-day rolling case positivity rate reached 3.8 percent for the third consecutive day Monday.
Thousands of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will be administered within the next week across Central Illinois, state and local officials announced Monday.
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Experts say Covid-19 vaccinations in the US are going extremely well -- but not enough people are yet protected and the country may be at the start of another surge.
Illinois logged 2,449 new cases of COVID-19 and 14 more deaths on Sunday, state health officials announced.
Dolly Parton has received her second dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine.
The state reported 3,526 new confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 Thursday, the highest one-day total since Feb. 5.
Just over 17% of Illinois residents have been vaccinated, according to state officials.
