COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments and Qualifications
1A - Healthcare Workers, Long-term care facility staff/residents, congregate living facility staff/residents.
1B Part 1 - 65+, Frontline workers to include the following:
• First Responders – Fire, police, 911 workers, security personnel, school officers
• Education (Congregate Child Care, Pre-K through 12th grade) – Teachers, principals, students support, student aids, daycare workers
• Food and Agriculture – Processing plants, veterinary health, livestock services, animal care
• Manufacturing – Industrial production of goods for distribution to retail, wholesale or other manufacturers
• Corrections Workers & Inmates – Prison/jail officers, juvenile facility staff, workers providing in-person support, inmates
• United States Postal Services Workers
• Public Transit Workers – Flight crew, bus drivers, train conductors, taxi drivers, para-transit drivers, in-person support, ride sharing services
• Grocery Store Workers – Baggers, cashiers, stockers, pick-up, customer service
• Shelters/Adult Day Care – Homeless shelters, women’s shelter, adult day/drop-in program, sheltered workshop, psycho-social rehab
1 B Part 2 - additional eligible residents ages 16-64 with specific health-complicating including:
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Obesity
- Persons with a disability (not otherwise covered in previous categories)
- Pregnancy
- Pulmonary Disease
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Smoking
- Solid Organ Transplant
*Please note-residents aged 16 &17 can only be scheduled when the Pfizer vaccine is offered.
If you are eligible in one of these areas, please contact the health department of your choice to schedule your appointment. You will be required to return to the same location for the second dose within the 21/28-day requirement. If you are unsure if you are eligible, visit https://www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19/vaccination-plan..
Peoria CCHD vaccinerequest@peoriacounty.org
Tazewell CHD 309-650-1555
Woodford CHD www.woodfordhealth.org
Please be patient as we begin to vaccinate this large population of residents. Vaccine doses are distributed as fast as our allotment allows. It will take multiple weeks to reach all of Phase 1B.
Other sectors and groups are planned to be vaccinated in the future. Please be patient as your local health departments follow the guidance for priority groups provided by Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) & Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Everyone will be offered the vaccine.
