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Cook County Health officials will release approximately 15,000 single and first-dose COVID-19 vaccine appointments Friday, the first-such release that will allow residents 16 years of age and older to book appointments as the state expands eligibility on April 12.
The appointments will be for the week of April 12, the same week that Illinois officials will allow any residents 16 and older to book a vaccine appointment. Appointments will become available via the Cook County website, and the county’s vaccine hotline, at noon. Get the answer to your most-asked COVID vaccine questions on our mobile NBC 5 Chicago app. Download it here for iOS or Android.
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Cook County will release about 15,000 single and first-dose COVID-19 vaccine appointments Friday, the first in which all Illinois residents over the age of 16 will be eligible.
Meanwhile, the University of Chicago has issued a stay-at-home order in response to a large cluster of coronavirus cases, particularly among undergraduate students. Get the answer to your most-asked COVID vaccine questions on our mobile NBC 5 Chicago app. Download it here for iOS or Android.
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A group of Illinois Democratic U.S. House members sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday criticizing it s decision to restrict appointments to Chicago and Cook County residents on behalf of equity goals.
FEMA defended it s decision saying it was acting in the interest of the most vulnerable Illinoisans. But in the letter, members of Congress reminded the agency that people in the suburbs need help, too.
The letter reads in part, We share and champion the goal of equitable distribution of the vaccine.Nevertheless, many of our constituents who fall in the vulnerable category . felt frustrated with the recent determination to limit eligibility at the United Center.