October 14, 2024
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Will County vaccination clinics are open, residents urged to get latest COVID shot

By Judy Harvey
FILE - A nurse prepares a syringe of a COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., July 19, 2022. U.S. health officials are proposing a simplified approach to COVID-19 vaccinations, which would allow most adults and children to get a once-a-year shot to protect against the mutating virus. The new system unveiled Monday, Jan. 23, 2023 would make COVID-19 inoculations more like the annual flu shot. Americans would no longer have to keep track of how many shots they’ve received or how many months it’s been since their last booster. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

The Will County Health Department Immunization Clinic has the 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine at all three of its locations for all residents age six months and older. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

The Will County Health Department is encouraging residents to get the new 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine that is now available.

The WCHD Immunization Clinic has the COVID-19 vaccines at all three of its locations for all residents age 6 months and older. At this time, the county is offering the Moderna mRNA vaccine at the following locations:

  • Joliet at the main office of the Will County Health Department, 501 Ella Ave.
  • Monee at the eastern branch office, 5601 W. Monee-Manhattan Road
  • Bolingbrook at the northern branch office, 323 Quadrangle Drive

Vaccines are available to residents with Medicaid or Medicare. Limited private insurance plans also are accepted, while low-cost vaccines are available for the uninsured or underinsured, according to the county health department.

For additional information or to make an appointment at any of the three locations, call the WCHD Immunization Clinic at 815-740-8143. Walk-ins will be accommodated, while appointments will be seen promptly, according to the department.

The 2024-25 vaccine, which focuses on the omicron variant KP.2 strain, recently was granted emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone 6 months and older get the 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine.

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