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Roland Lankah hired as Brookline assistant health director
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Roland Lankah was recently hired as the assistant health director for the Brookline Department of Public Health.
Lankah started in his new role March 1. In addition to assisting in the management of the overall, day-to-day operations and personnel of the health department, he will oversee the environmental health department, which consists of licensing, permitting, public health inspections and code enforcement activities.
“Roland brings years of experience and a wealth of knowledge regarding public and environmental health to this role,” said Health Commissioner Dr. Swannie Jett. “He will play an important part in protecting the health and safety of our community, and we are thrilled to welcome him aboard and to work alongside him as he starts in this new role.”
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Updated 3/4/2021 6:37 AM
A new mass vaccination site opening in Des Plaines later this week will be the first location in the state to use the new single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to inoculate residents, health care and essential workers. This is the first large-scale vaccination site to use it, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Wednesday at a news conference from the facility at 1155 E. Oakton St., which once housed a Kmart store. That means we can more quickly get the vaccine into the arms of residents, and protect our communities and loved ones.
State officials announced Tuesday that 83,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would be shipped to Illinois later this week.