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.
Not all return to D-200 classrooms
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D-200 PREPARES FOR RETURN TO CLASSROOMS MONDAY; MOST STUDENTS EXPECTED TO USE HYBRID LEARNING
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New ways to get access to COVID-19 vaccination opened Monday for people 65 and older and essential workers in the suburbs, but slots filled quickly amid continued vaccine shortages.
The 3.2 million residents eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in the phase 1b eligibility group can begin receiving inoculations today, but how those residents will actually receive the vaccine remains largely scattershot.