Roll up your sleeve for the next round of COVID vaccines

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — New COVID vaccines will be arriving in central Illinois in the next few weeks as the number of positive cases has been increasing in Illinois.

“The FDA approved the latest COVID-19 vaccine. I think we will start seeing it much more in circulation starting post Labor Day,” Illinois Department of Public Health Director Sameer Vohra told WAND News on Friday. “This new vaccine will be updated and will be able to prevent illness from the most recent strains that we see circulating.”

Anyone six months and older is eligible for the vaccine. People who have compromised health situations and those over age 65 are urged to get vaccinated.

The CDC reports the number of COVID related deaths from January 1, 2020 through August 17, 2024 stands at 1.2 million in the United States.