With a huge immigrant population, it s also been an area hit hard by COVID. It s a great need that is in our area and I m so ecstatic they are here, 50th Ward Ald. Debra Silverstein said.
Many here brought their non-English speaking relatives to get vaccinated. Dao Aria said she felt lucky to get appointments for her aunt and dad. They are old, you know, and they need to get vaccinated, so they can feel confident, she said.
The vaccination site was open only for one day. It will reopen next week as soon as Prism Health knows how many more doses it will get from the city.
Aurora opens 2nd mass COVID vaccine site in a week at old Carson Pirie Scott building
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AURORA, Ill. (WLS) Another mass vaccination site opens its doors in Aurora for the second time in a week.
A long line wrapped around the city of Aurora s largest COVID-19 vaccination site Monday as 2,400 people received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Clearly the demand is higher than the supply, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin said. You can see today with the long lines folks are looking to get vaccinated and want to get back to their normal lives.
For many, the process of finding a vaccination site in the state has been complicated.
AURORA, Ill. (WLS) Governor JB Pritzker joined Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin and Black leaders for a mass vaccination clinic to put a focus on getting the vaccine to the Black community.
The Cathedral of Grace St. John AME Church, a historic Black church founded in 1862, served as the vaccine site. More than 750 people signed up to receive their first dose Tuesday.
The vaccination site was open for this clinic aimed at the Black community on Tuesday only, but similar clinics are planned for March 19 aimed at the LatinX community and on March 25 for people with disabilities. Locations and the registration process for those clinics are still being finalized.
A COVID vaccine site opening in Aurora, Illinois is going to be focused on getting the Black community vaccinated. Governor JB Pritzker will tour the site at the Cathedral of Grace St. John AME Church Tuesday.
Illinois COVID vaccine group 1B access will soon be expanded to high-risk and transplant patients under the age of 65, but some counties, like Cook County, are not opening eligibility due to supply, leaving some transplant patients in the wind.