Exclusive
R. Kelly it may look like he’s stuck in a prison cell, but he’s in a better place than most of the country when it comes to being vaccinated … because we know he’s already received his second dose.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … the incarcerated singer is as safe as possible for COVID, after recently receiving scene # 2 from the MCC Chicago Bureau of Prisons, where he is currently housed pending trial.
We were told that Kelly received his first dose in January and his second this month, so he is now fully vaccinated.
According to the BOP … 63 inmates at MCC Chicago have been fully vaccinated so far, along with 128 employees.
As we reported … Kelly tried twice, and failed twice, to be discharged from prison during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic due to the risk of contracting the disease.
He no longer has to worry about it so much, with an efficacy rate of approximately 95% with vaccines … but his test is yet to come. It is currently scheduled for September.
We contacted Kelly’s lawyers, who declined to comment.