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COVID-19 Vaccinations Available at Farmers Markets?

The Kane County Health, Ill., Department, Kane County Office of Emergency Management and mobile Illinois National Guard will provide COVID-19 vaccines coming up at farmers markets to anyone over 12 years of age.

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(TNS) - Farmers markets in the Fox Valley offer a variety of options to shoppers, and now some in the Aurora area will have a new item available — COVID-19 vaccinations.

The Kane County Health Department , Kane County Office of Emergency Management and mobile Illinois National Guard will provide COVID-19 vaccines coming up at farmers markets in Campton Hills , St. Charles and Sugar Grove .

The vaccine will be available from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the Campton Hills Farmers Market at 40W115 Campton Crossings Drive in Campton Hills , and from 9 a.m. to noon Friday at the St. Charles Farmers Market at 309 Cedar Ave. in St. Charles .

No appointment is necessary for those events, and the Kane County Health Department will have all of the COVID-19 vaccines — Janssen, Moderna and Pfizer — available for administration.

Vaccinations will be available for everyone 12 years old and older, officials said. Minors under the age of 18 must bring a signed Pfizer consent form from a parent or guardian to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Illinois Department of Public Health will provide a COVID-19 vaccination clinic from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Sugar Grove Farmers Market , 10 S. Municipal Drive in Sugar Grove . Janssen vaccine will be available to persons 18 years old and older at the event.

For more information about COVID-19, go to the Kane County Health Department website at KaneHealth.com or call the health department at 630-208-3801.

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