At yesterday’s Wabash County Commissioners meeting, health department administrator Judy Wissel said the county has received 500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. She said 40 individuals were vaccinated last Wednesday at the health department while the other 160 doses in the initial shipment were sent to Wabash General Hospital….
After the initial shipment of 200 doses, Wissel said the health department received an additional 100, 40 of which will be administered today at the health department. Another 200 doses were received Monday with Wabash General getting 60 of those and 140 will be administered Friday at a health department clinic. At that point, Wissel said they should be close to giving all Phase 1-A vaccines that had been requested for Wabash and Edwards counties.
Then, Wissel said they’ll wait for the state to give the go ahead to move into Phase 1-B.
One of the difficulties in planning for the distribution is that it’s not known how many vaccines will be received locally until they arrive. So far, all of the local vaccines have been the Moderna version. Wissel said the only side effects being reported so far are complaints of pain at the site of the injection and two individuals had low grade fevers the next day.
Presently, there are 161 Wabash County individuals in quarantine with 60 in isolation. Wabash County’s positivity rate now stands at 12.8%, up slightly from the 11.3% rate reported last week.
If you are a healthcare worker in Edwards or Wabash County and wish to receive the COVID vaccine - call the WCHD at 618-263-3873 to schedule your appointment. The vaccines are being administered today (January 5) and Friday (January 8th). This phase has to be completed before moving on to the next phase.
