WILL COUNTY, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Like other areas, Will County is now finding itself with more doses of COVID vaccine on hand than people signing up to get them.
A deputy chief of the Joliet Fire Department said 1,600 COVID vaccine doses were available Tuesday at Joliet West High School, but fewer than 200 shots went into arms. That's just one example of how the number of vaccinations is dropping.
Deputy Chief Jeff Carey told the Daily Southtown "there's no interest in the younger crowd."
Only 24 percent of Will County's 690,000 residents are fully vaccinated - nowhere near where health experts say the county will need to be to put the pandemic behind it.
"There's some hesitancy out there," Steve Brandy, a spokesman for the Will County Health Department, told the Daily Southtown.
The Will County Health Department said it's looking for ways to encourage more people to get a COVID shot.
To find an appointment for a vaccine at one of Will County's five clinics, go to willcountyhealth.org. Residents may all call the appointment hotline at 815-774-7386.
According to Deputy Chief Jeff Carey, the clinic at Joliet West High School will begin taking walk-ins Tuesday and he encourages students, age 16 and up, to take their parents to school with them to get vaccinated.
