4 vaccination locations opened in Cook County, but none are in the Northwest suburbs (yet)
Occupational therapist Lauren Green of Hometown winces as she receives the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from Oak Street Health nurse Tiffany Pipkins at a one-day mass vaccination event Monday in Chicago Heights. Now four mass-vaccination facilities will open six days a week in South and Western Cook County suburbs. Jake Griffin | Staff Photographer
Updated 1/20/2021 9:43 AM Four Cook County sites will open Monday to vaccinate people 65 and older and essential workers against COVID-19, but none are in the Northwest suburbs. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that the new sites, two in the Western suburbs and two in the South suburbs, opened Tuesday for unvaccinated health care workers who are part of the Phase 1a eligibility group.