Those we ve lost to COVID-19: Carmen Siciliano of Batavia
Carmen and Mary Siciliano kiss as they celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary at Heritage Woods in Batavia last year. Both were stricken with COVID-19 and shared a hospital room before Carmen s death earlier this year. Rick West | Staff Photographer, 2019
Mary, left, and Carmen Siciliano celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary at Heritage Woods in Batavia last year. Both were stricken with COVID-19 and shared a hospital room before Carmen s death earlier this year. Rick West | Staff Photographer, 2019
Updated 12/20/2020 12:07 AM
COVID-19 has taken the lives of more than 15,000 people in Illinois, including about 6,200 from the suburbs. We’re sharing the stories of some of those we’ve lost.
UpdatedFri, Dec 18, 2020 at 5:38 pm CT
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Christine Presta, a registered respiratory therapist working in neonatal and pediatric units for Advocate Aurora Health, received her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Friday at Sherman Hospital in Elgin. (Advocate Aurora Health)
ILLINOIS More than 17,000 front-line medical workers in Illinois, many of whom have been at the forefront of treating COVID-19 patients for nine grueling months, received their first doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on Thursday and Friday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday during his daily news conference.
That s just 2.6 percent of the total front-line health care workers in the state, but more vaccines are expected to be doled out in coming days and weeks, including a COVID-19 shot by Moderna, which an FDA advisory committee recommended for approval for emergency use Thursday. The Moderna vaccine is expected to arrive in Illinois early next week, Pritzker said.
Updated 12/17/2020 6:38 AM
As Advocate Aurora hospitals start to receive precious deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines, the system s infectious disease expert and a nursing leader held a virtual town hall Wednesday to answer questions about the historic vaccination effort.
Dr. Robert Citronberg and Jane Dus, regional chief nursing officer, led the Q&A session. Here is a sampling of their responses.
Q. How safe and effective is the vaccine?
A. Clinical trials show the vaccine developed by Pfizer and the German company BioNTech appears 95% effective. Pfizer did not report any serious safety concerns. After looking over all the data that s available, I think that the risks of getting COVID, getting sick from COVID and dying from COVID far outweigh the risks of the vaccine, Citronberg said.
As suburban hospitals start receiving vaccines, state s second shipment to be cut in half The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is delivered to the DuPage Medical Group at an undisclosed location Wednesday. Courtesy of the DuPage Medical Group The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is delivered to the DuPage Medical Group at an undisclosed location Wednesday. The DuPage Medical Group said it plans to administer its first dose to front-line health care workers Thursday. Courtesy of the DuPage Medical Group Nurse Shannon Lesch prepares to administer one of Illinois first five Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccinations outside Chicago to Chief of Emergency Services Dr. Victor Chan at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria on Tuesday.
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