The state launched a new website that promises to be a clearinghouse for information on COVID-19 vaccines. Governor Kim Reynolds says vaccinate.iowa.gov will be a reliable source of vaccine information specific to our state so people will know when they’re eligible and how to get the shot.

The site will also contain a vaccine locator to find providers near you. The governor says the state’s making significant progress in getting people vaccinated, with nearly 622-thousand doses administered so far. Next week, Reynolds says it’s expected that 70-percent of the Tier One populations in Iowa will have gotten at least one dose, which includes first responders, K-12 teachers and child care workers. She says the state’s planning ahead for the -next- group.

The governor says doses of the third vaccine, made by Johnson and Johnson, will begin arriving in Iowa next week, with an initial shipment of nearly 26-thousand doses. It will require only a single vaccination, with no follow-up booster shot. The State of Iowa is scheduled to receive more than 91-thousand first doses of vaccines next week for distribution to counties.