Vaccinations will be offered to those in two
vaccination priority groups: Phase 1A and Phase 1B. Participants
must live or work in Logan County.
· Phase 1A includes frontline healthcare workers and long-term care
facility residents and staff
· Phase 1B includes frontline essential workers and Logan County
residents age 65 and over. Frontline essential workers include, but
are not limited to, the following occupations: first responders,
education, food and agriculture, manufacturing, corrections workers,
USPS workers, public transit workers, grocery store workers and
shelter and day care staff.
An appointment is required to participate in the vaccination clinic.
Registration opens at noon on Thursday, Feb. 18. To make an
appointment, visit ALMH.org, click on the COVID-19 Vaccination
Clinic banner.
For those without internet access, please call 217-605-6500. The
call will go to voicemail and someone will call back when an
appointment is available to schedule. Calls will be returned within
one to two weeks.
Reminders for participating in the vaccination clinic:
· Anyone who receives a first dose vaccine must be
available 21 to 28 days later to receive a second dose vaccine.
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· Bring driver’s license or another form of
identification.
· Wear appropriate clothing that gives easy access to
the upper arm.
· Arrive no more than 5 minutes before scheduled appointment time,
and enter through the designated “COVID-19 Vaccination Entrance”
doors at the front of Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
· You must remain at the clinic for 15 to 30 minutes after the
vaccination for monitoring.
· Support persons may be asked to wait in their vehicle. If needed,
assistance will be provided by vaccination clinic employees.
· Participants will receive a COVID-19 vaccination card.
Participants must keep this card to bring with them to their second
vaccination.
· Anyone arriving more than 30 minutes after their scheduled
appointment might not be able to receive vaccine on this date.
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital will continue to partner with the
Logan County Department of Public Health to offer vaccination
clinics. Future vaccination clinics will be announced by the local
media and shared on the social media channels of Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital and the Logan County Department of Public Health.
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