Long-Term Care Facilities Hope to Receive First COVID Vaccines by Month s End
Some medical workers in the state of Illinois are already getting their coronavirus vaccines, and by the end of the month, health officials are hoping that long-term care facility residents and workers will be able to get theirs as well.
During a coronavirus press briefing on Wednesday, IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike laid out some of the details of the program, which aims to get coronavirus vaccine shots to long-term care facilities beginning the week of Dec. 28.
According to Ezike, the shots will be administered by employees from CVS and Walgreens pharmacies as part of a partnership with the federal government, a program that is filling workers at the homes with optimism and happiness.
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Emergency room physician Dr. Marina Del Rios was the first person in Chicago to be vaccinated for COVID-19 today, one of five hospital workers to get shots.
“It’s really an honor to stand here and take part in this moment in history,” said Del Rios, director of Social Emergency Medicine at University of Illinois Health. “As an emergency physician who has been on the front lines of this pandemic since day one, I can attest that health care workers have been anxious for this day to come.”