Suburban medical workers line up to receive COVID-19 vaccines Smitha Thomas rolls up her sleeve for the COVID-19 vaccine at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin on Thursday. Photo courtesy of Advocate Health Care Yarithza Saucedo receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin. courtesy of Advocate Health Care John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.comNurses Nikki Carini-Wardecki and Amy Rowe, left, prepare the vaccine given to respiratory therapist Aminderjit Dhanoa, 37, at Edward Hospital in Naperville Thursday afternoon. Dr. Vineet Dandekar receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin Thursday. Photo courtesy of Advocate Health Care Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin received an allotment of 960 doses of the vaccine.
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Updated 12/14/2020 7:55 PM
The first COVID-19 vaccinations in Illinois are slated to go into the arms of hospital staff members at Peoria s St. Francis Medical Center at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Other hospital workers throughout the state, including at Edward Hospital in Naperville, are expected to receive their first of the two-dose vaccine later in the day.
Illinois first 43,000 doses of the vaccine arrived Monday at the state s distribution location. The doses will be delivered to regional centers where they will be picked up by local health departments to begin distribution to hospitals, state officials said.
Cook County, Lake County and Chicago health departments are also receiving shipment of doses, as well as health departments in downstate St. Clair and Madison counties.