They are prioritizing sanitary works, those over 65 and those with pre-existing conditions. Earlier this week, The Walgreens site has crashed when people who wanted the vaccine hurried to sign up.
Chicago and area counties will not extend 1B eligibility
While the state is generally expanding who is eligible to get vaccinated in Group 1B, the city of Chicago and none of the neck counties will remain the same.
“We have administered the vaccine as quickly as the supply will allow,” Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle said. “And now we’re in the same situation as Los Angeles County, where we’re going to temporarily close some places because we’ve run out of current vaccine supplies. While other parts of the state may be ready to move on to the next phase, Chicago and Cook County is not. “
Wednesday’s government, JB Pritzker and IDPH, extended Group 1B to those over 16 with CDC-defined comorbidities and underlying conditions. In addition, Illinois will also prioritize people with disabilities, all effective Feb. 25, even when IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike, acknowledged that supply remains a problem.
The governor, however, insisted he would remain optimistic the offer will increase over the coming weeks, especially with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine expected to be approved by the end of the month.
“It’s a one-dose vaccine,” Pritzker said. “It will be a great development in the world of vaccines and it will help us tremendously to vaccinate everyone.”
The high-risk categories covered in the expansion include:
-Cancer
-Chronic kidney disease
-COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
-Diabetes
-Condition of the heart
-Immunocompromised state of a solid organ transplant
-Obesity
-Pregnancy
-Lung disease
-Sickle cell disease
In a statement, the governor’s spokesman said the supply of vaccine has already begun to increase and that “the most medically vulnerable in our state should qualify for vaccination as soon as possible,” in part because “this group includes a disproportionately large proportion of vulnerable people of color. “
Governor Pritzker visits the Elgin vaccine site
Pritzker reported Thursday morning about vaccination efforts at the Elgin Mental Health Center in Elgin.
The vaccination site of the Elgin Department of Human Services accommodates many patients and has dozens of staff members. On Thursday morning, 50 patients and staff members received the second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
South African variant COVID-19 detected in IL
The South African variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Illinois.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Thursday that the first cases of COVID variant B.1.351 have been confirmed in the state in a Rock Island resident. The state is currently reporting 22 cases of variant B 1.1.7 in the UK.
Doctors say it is very likely that the South African variant has already spread across the state.
“What’s worrying is that some of these variants seem, as I said, to appear more often, suggesting that there’s something about them that gives them an edge over other versions of COVID,” Dr. Mary Hayden said. , head of the Infectious Diseases Division at Rush University Medical Center.
Both variants appear to be spreading more quickly, health officials said, and could lead to more virus cases or even another increase.
“The South African variant is a little more problematic. It decreases the ability of vaccines to induce antibodies that would suppress it. But it does not completely eliminate it,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Al · Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Doctors said vaccine manufacturers are starting to adjust doses to keep up with mutations. Still, they reminded citizens of the urgent need to wear a face mask, stay socially distanced, limit face-to-face out-of-home meetings of all sizes, and get vaccinated when it’s your turn.
Meanwhile, Illinois health officials reported Thursday 2,825 new cases of COVID-19 and 102 deaths.
The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 1,155,833, with a total of 19,841 deaths, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the last 24 hours, laboratories have reported 96,525 specimens for a total of 16,918,910.
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As of Wednesday night, 1,954 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 448 patients were in the ICU and 227 patients with COVID-19 with ventilators.
The preliminary positivity of the seven-day state test from February 4 to 10 is 3.9%.
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A total of 1,929,850 doses of vaccine were delivered to Illinois suppliers, including Chicago, with an additional 456,100 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care centers, raising the total number of deliveries. in Illinois at 2,385,950.
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The IDPH says vaccine distribution data are reported in real time and vaccine administration data is up to 72 hours.
IDPH reports that a total of 1,549,108 vaccine doses have been administered, including 226,974 in long-term facilities. The rotating average of seven days of administered vaccines is 56,094.
The deaths reported on Thursday include:
– County Clay: 1 woman aged 80 years
– Clinton County: 1 woman aged 80 years
– County of Coles: 1 man of 60 years
– Cook County: 1 man 30 years, 1 woman 40 years, 1 man 40 years, 1 woman 50 years, 4 men 50 years, 6 women 60 years, 6 men 60 years, 7 women 70, 7 men 70 years, 7 women 80 years, 7 men 80 years, 4 women 90 years, 2 men 90 years
– DeKalb County: 1 woman 90
– DuPage County: 1 woman 40, 3 men 70, 1 woman 80, 1 man 90
– Greene County: 1 woman aged 50 years
– Grundy County: 1 man of 60 years
– Jefferson County: 1 man from the 80s
– Kane County: 1 man from the 60s, 1 man from the 70s, 1 woman from the 90s
– Knox County: 1 woman aged 80 years
– Lake County: 1 50-year-old man
– Lawrence County: 1 man from the 60s
– Livingston County: 1 man from the 80’s
– Logan County: 1 woman 90
– Marion County: 1 man from the 70s
– McLean County: 1 man aged 60 years
– Monroe County: 1 man from the 70s, 1 woman from the 90s
– County of Moultrie: 1 man of the 70s
– Randolph County: 1 man from the 70s
– Sangamon County: 1 woman aged 70 years
– County of St. Clair: 1 woman of 50 years, 1 woman of 90 years
– Stephenson County: 1 man from the 80s
– Tazewell County: 1 woman 40, 1 woman 50, 1 male 70, 1 woman 90
– Vermilion County: 1 man from the 70s
– Washington County: 1 woman aged 90 years
– Whiteside County: 1 60-year-old man, 1 90-year-old man
– Will County: 1 man 50 years, 1 man 60 years, 3 men 70 years, 1 woman 80 years, 2 women 90
– Winnebago County: 1 woman 90
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