CHICAGO (WLS) COVID-19 vaccinations for residents at LaSalle Veterans Home began Tuesday, while vaccinations for staff members started Wednesday.
It s the first step in the process at the LaSalle Veterans Home. The interim administrator says residents and employees will continue to take all the necessary precautions to stay healthy. This is a good week. We are finally able to get the vaccine here at the home, said Anthony Vaughn, LaSalle Veterans Home Interim Administrator.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 35 residents have died from COVID-19 and there have been more than 200 cases among residents and employees. The staff was heartbroken that the virus got in here and the toll that it takes, Vaughn said. Everything death is personal. These are our residents and veterans that they have been looking at after day in and day out.