Gov. Reynolds announces COVID-19 vaccines for seniors begin next month

Lang
1/21/21

Iowa’s senior citizens will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines next month.

At a Thursday news conference, Governor Kim Reynolds announced that all Iowans age 65 and older will be able to get the vaccine starting on February 1^st.

Reynolds says Iowa is receiving about 19,500 doses of the vaccine a week, which ranks 46^th nationally. Iowa is the 40^th most populous state. Reynolds said Iowa ranked 15^th nationally when it comes to vaccine distribution.

The governor added that a new vaccination dashboard will soon be available on the state’s COVID-19 web site: coronavirus.iowa.gov