Chicago Medical Society to help provide background checks so doctors can give COVID-19 vaccinations msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Illinois readied two more mass COVID-19 vaccination sites to open Thursday as workers completed preparations at the United Center site, where plans call for up to 6,000 people to be inoculated each day by next week. The sites opening Thursday at 1155 E. Oakton St. in Des Plaines and in downstate Quincy, together, are geared to give shots to up to 4,000 people a day once at full capacity, the .
McHenry County Health Department to hire more staff after logging over 1,400 overtime hours in January Workers prepare Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday during a COVID-19 vaccination clinic through the McHenry County Department of Health at 1900 N. Richmond Road, the former site of a Kmart store in McHenry. Vaccinations are made by appointment only. Matthew Apgar/Shaw Media
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The McHenry County Department of Health will hire more staff with the help of a new grant after reporting high rates of staff burnout due to the stress of pandemic-related workloads, which have been ongoing for almost a full year now.
The public health nursing division s 12 employees logged a cumulative total of 1,433 overtime hours during January alone, Public Health Nursing Director Susan Karras said in a McHenry County Board of Health meeting last week. Given that the vast majority of those employees are salaried, overtime hours are unpaid, she added.
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here's what's happening Thursday with COVID-19 in the Chicago area msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.