On an appointment-only basis, officials should be able to administer as many as 25,000 vaccine shots per week, the mayor noted.
The city s PODS are not for those who work at facilities like hospitals that are administering vaccinations themselves, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said, but rather for practices that are smaller or are not going to be traditional vaccinating partners moving forward.
Workers that meet that criteria - Arwady listed examples including a dental practice, an outpatient practice, a school nurse, a mortician s office or any other kind of health care worker in Chicago - will first need to make sure their practice is registered with the city.
I know the challenges that many members of the Latinx community face and at times may be insurmountable, the mayor said at a news conference at the health care center s facility in the Brighton Park neighborhood. Front line workers at Chicago s Esperanza Health Centers were given their initial doses of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine Monday, becoming the first individuals in the city to receive the widely-anticipated vaccine.
The rollout of the Modern vaccine is particularly exciting, said Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner of Chicago s Department of Public Health, because unlike the Pfizer vaccine, it doesn t require ultra-cold storage.
Approximately 16,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to be administered in the city by the end of the week, Arwady said. Similarly, the city anticipates more than 21,000 doses of Pfizer s vaccine will be administered over the same time period.
More than 20,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to health care workers throughout the city of Chicago, the city’s top doctor revealed.
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