DeWitt and Piatt County residents for a few weeks now have been hearing about a shortage of vaccines and that has delayed second doses for many residents and first shots for many more.

Initially, the shortage was due to weather concerns in mid-February but since that time, Executive Director of the DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department Dave Remmert has found out there was also confusion from IDPH in regards to the joint-health department status of the two counties.

Remmert indicates the shortage of vaccines for the last few weeks had him very concerned. He explains if the situation did not get better by this weekend, they could have been in real trouble but relief is on the way as a shipment of vaccines is anticipated early next week.

As the vaccine distribution continues, confirmed COVID cases continue to decline. Remmert points to the last week in DeWitt County there were several days without new confirmed cases and Piatt County's metrics continue to decline as well. 

We'll hear more from Remmert next week on Regional Radio News.