Story Published:
Nov 9, 2009 at 10:20 PM CST
Story Updated:
Nov 9, 2009 at 10:44 PM CST
After weeks of waiting hundreds of Peoria and Marshall county residents received the H1N1 shot Monday.
10,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine arrived in Peoria County last Thursday.
One Peoria City-County Health Department official says they've been notified that more shipments of the vaccine will arrive each week.
As a result they are scheduling more clinics throughout the month and into December.
Monday, hundreds of families waited in line for hours to receive the first doses.
"We were a little nervous because it hit Tazewell County before Peoria County but we were really excited to hear it was scheduled and the vaccines were here. It seemed very organized and once the clinic opened at four, the groups they took in, it went very well," said Gennifer Jeffries, a mother who received the vaccination, along with her two children.
Not everyone was pleased with Monday's clinic.
We received multiple calls from viewers saying about 20 families were turned away after 7- when the clinic closed- after they had waited in line for hours.
The viewers said health department officials told them they had enough of the vaccine, but the clinic was over.
Tuesday, Nov 10 at 4:40 PM OldCoyote wrote ...
Why can't we get these shots at our doctors offices. Is this just a ploy to make the County Health Dept. seem needed?