Northwestern University Health Service will work with students who received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose outside of the University but are having difficulty obtaining their second, according to a Monday email.
Vice President for Operations Luke Figora also sent out a form in which students who have not been vaccinated can sign up to be invited to a future, on-campus vaccination event.
In addition to the on-campus clinics, the University announced in April that students, faculty and staff can get vaccinated through appointment invitations from Northwestern Medicine. Students are still welcome to book appointments at these Evanston vaccination clinics, Figora wrote in the email.
Scores of students rushed to Norris University Center in the middle of the night Saturday for a chance to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
In an unexpected email sent at 9:29 p.m. Saturday night, the University notified on-campus students 169 unused Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines were available and that appointments started at midnight. The midnight vaccine clinic was held just days before Illinois opens up vaccines to all residents ages 16 and older.
Students who secured a vaccine slot were intermittently moved to the third floor of Norris when their appointment time arrived. There, they filled out consent forms and were vaccinated by a team of 13 who set up the last-minute clinic, including staff from the Office of Student Affairs, Residential Services, Northwestern University Health Service and the University’s COVID Response Team.