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Health care workers from mostly white communities were more likely to get their vaccinations than workers from the South and West sides. It’s a stark reminder of the hard work needed to combat vaccine mistrust.
Long-Term Care Facilities Hope to Receive First COVID Vaccines by Month s End
Some medical workers in the state of Illinois are already getting their coronavirus vaccines, and by the end of the month, health officials are hoping that long-term care facility residents and workers will be able to get theirs as well.
During a coronavirus press briefing on Wednesday, IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike laid out some of the details of the program, which aims to get coronavirus vaccine shots to long-term care facilities beginning the week of Dec. 28.
According to Ezike, the shots will be administered by employees from CVS and Walgreens pharmacies as part of a partnership with the federal government, a program that is filling workers at the homes with optimism and happiness.
Sharon Otterman, The New York Times
Published: 16 Dec 2020 12:06 PM BdST
Updated: 16 Dec 2020 12:06 PM BdST Dr Michelle Chester holds a vial of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine before giving it to Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, at Northwell Health at Long Island Jewish Medical Centre in New Hyde Park, New York, US, Dec 14, 2020. REUTERS
The first shipment of the vaccine arrived at a loading dock in New York shortly after sunrise on Monday. The head pharmacist for one of Northwell Health’s hospitals, who had been tracking the package, opened the 63-pound box, packed in dry ice. He took out a single vial.