Updated 12/14/2020 7:55 PM
The first COVID-19 vaccinations in Illinois are slated to go into the arms of hospital staff members at Peoria s St. Francis Medical Center at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Other hospital workers throughout the state, including at Edward Hospital in Naperville, are expected to receive their first of the two-dose vaccine later in the day.
Illinois first 43,000 doses of the vaccine arrived Monday at the state s distribution location. The doses will be delivered to regional centers where they will be picked up by local health departments to begin distribution to hospitals, state officials said.
Cook County, Lake County and Chicago health departments are also receiving shipment of doses, as well as health departments in downstate St. Clair and Madison counties.
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Advocate Aurora prepared to deploy COVID-19 vaccine for its employees next week
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Last updated on December 11th, 2020 at 01:08 pm
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Advocate Aurora Health workers could be vaccinated as soon as next week if the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval today as is expected.
The Milwaukee- and Downers Grove, Illinois-based health system is prepared to distribute the vaccine to all of its patient-facing employees in four to six weeks, depending on supply, said Robert Citronberg, director of the division of infectious disease at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois.
The system will prioritize employees who are most at risk for contracting COVID, including those who work in emergency departments, ICUs and COVID units. Vaccine supplies through the end of this month likely won’t be enough to immunize all those team members, however, Citronberg said.