As of Tuesday, seven mass vaccination sites have opened in suburban Cook County, while Illinois begins the next phase of its vaccine deployment, opening doses to “essential front-line workers” and those over 65.
Operated with the help of the Illinois National Guard, the locations include:
Cook County Health North Riverside Health Center
1800 South Harlem Avenue, North Riverside
Cook County Health Robbins Health Center
13450 South Kedzie Avenue, Robbins
Cook County Health Morton East Adolescent Health Center
2423 South Austin Boulevard, Cicero
Cook County Health Cottage Grove Health Center
1645 Cottage Grove Avenue, Ford Heights
Cook County Blue Island Health Center
12757 S Western Ave, Blue Island
Cook County Arlington Heights Health Center
3250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Suite 300, Arlington Heights
Tinley Park Convention Center
18451 Convention Center Drive, Tinley Park
Phase 1B opens vaccines to various groups, including lifeguards, education workers such as teachers and support staff, daycare workers, grocery store employees, postal service workers and more.
A website was launched on Monday at noon for Cook County residents to receive information and make an appointment as they become available. (Click here allowed. There will also be a live call center at noon at (833) 308-1988.)
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, along with Cook County Board Chairman Toni Preckwinkle, toured the mass vaccination site in Tinley Park on Monday, which will open Tuesday.
“Widespread vaccination sites will allow us to quickly and efficiently obtain these doses of life-saving vaccines to Illinois residents as more federal vaccine shipments are published,” Pritzker said in a statement. “The Illinois National Guard and the Illinois Department of Public Health are proud to partner with Cook County to launch the Tinley Park Convention Center vaccination site: our seventh county collaboration of Cook in general, with many more across the state. “
Appointments are mandatory, according to the people of Tinley Park, which according to the appointments can only be made through the websites of the states and counties.
County officials expect to be able to administer up to 3,000 vaccines a day “when the Tinley Park site is fully optimized and when an appropriate vaccine is available.”
The governor said current vaccination sites in the state are only available by appointment, but that the state plans to launch locations in the coming weeks.
There are several ways in which eligible residents will be able to be vaccinated, but state officials have called for patience as the new phase opens.
As of Monday, National Guard-led sites began vaccinating eligible phase 1B residents, as well as Jewel Osco and Walgreens sites, Pritzker said, noting that CVS is expected to “soon follow. “.
On Feb. 1, more pharmacies, including Hy-Vee, Mariano’s and Kroger, will also begin vaccinating, Pritzker said.
For a full overview of everything we know about phase 1B vaccinations, click here.
According to the state website, additional vaccination sites will be opened statewide, including hundreds of additional pharmacy providers that will connect online through a partnership with the Illinois Department of Public Health.
“As the state moves forward with its plan and continues to increase capacity, smaller independent pharmacies, urgent care clinics, doctor’s offices and jobs will go online to serve as vaccination sites,” the website says. of the state. “Additional equipment from [Illinois National Guard] it will also be deployed in regions across the state to defend new sites and develop additional capacity to existing sites. “