DeKALB – Mayor Jerry Smith announced Monday that he received the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital.
Smith said during a City Council meeting he was notified Jan. 29 that he could receive his vaccine through Northwestern Hospital and received the shot Thursday. Smith said he was notified again Monday for his second dose.
“I think the system is working although many would consider it sort of a catch-as-catch-can kind of scenario with the folks who are waiting for their vaccines,” Smith said.
DeKalb County has administered 9,439 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and 2,348 residents are fully vaccinated, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Karen Tatum • Feb 11, 2021 at 2:06 am
I’m all for hospital staff, first responders,
teachers and whoever comes in contact with the public as well as people with pre-existing problems to get the vaccine first. But I am in the cycle now to be vaccinated and had registered with the health department a while ago and as of now have not heard anything from them. Why is it taking this small city so long to vaccinate everyone. I know people who went to another city and are vaccinated.
I just chose to wait my turn but it taking a mighty long time.