Vacant grocery store will turn into a vaccine clinic this week in Jefferson County

The first Covid-19 vaccine clinic inside an old grocery store is set to take place this Thursday in Jefferson County. It’ll be the first of more than a dozen planned clinics with more than 21,200 doses scheduled to be administered. The Jefferson County Health Department Board of Trustees voted earlier this month to lease the old Shop n’ Save building at 1275 N. Truman in Festus for six months and staff the space for a vaccine clinic. The building has more than 60,000 square feet. The Jefferson…