DeKalb County’s Mobile Health Unit will provide COVID-19 vaccines at the Sandwich Fair

The DeKalb County Health Department Mobile Health Unit sits outside of Kishwaukee College in Malta Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, where the health department provided COVID-19 testing and vaccines to students and employees. The unit has air conditioning but due to the excessive heat warning Wednesday the event was moved inside the college. (Mark Busch - mbusch@shawmedia.com/Mark Busch - mbusch@shawmedia.co)

September 10, 2021 at 5:30 am CDT

SANDWICH – Those who still need a COVID-19 vaccination will be able to receive one via the DeKalb County Health Department’s mobile health unit, which will set up at the Sandwich Fair this weekend.

Vaccines are free and available to everyone. The Moderna vaccine is for those age 18 and older, and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration available to those as young as age 12.

Vaccines will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Sandwich Fair, 15730 Pratt Road in Sandwich.

Walk-in vaccines also are available from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the DeKalb County Health Department, 2550 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb.

For information, go to the DeKalb County Health Department’s website at www.health.dekalbcounty.org/about/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccination.