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.