After receiving additional guidance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, local and state officials have changed the eligibility requirements for appointments at the United Center’s mass vaccination site, limiting appointments to residents of the United States. Chicago and Cook County.
According to an email sent by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s office Sunday, eligibility for appointments will be extended to residents 18 years of age or older with pre-existing health conditions and comorbidities, but the appointments they will only be available to Chicago residents after 4pm on Sunday afternoons.
Here’s who is eligible to sign up for coronavirus vaccine appointments at the United Center:
Chicago residents
-All Chicago residents who are 18 years of age or older and have pre-existing health conditions, including cancer, diabetes, obesity, and other conditions identified by the Illinois Department of Public Health, can now sign up for vaccine appointments at United Center.
Chicago residents who meet these criteria can visit Zocdoc.com or call the city hotline at 312-746-4835.
Suburban residents of Cook County
-The Zocdoc website will no longer allow suburban residents to sign up for appointments at the mass vaccine site, but an appointment block has been reserved for suburban Cook County residents.
More details on how to get these appointments will be posted this week, but instead addressing Zocdoc residents to use the Cook County Vaccination Website.
A hotline will also be used to set appointments, where residents can call 833-308-1988, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Illinois residents
-Illinois residents living outside of Cook County will not be able to enroll in COVID-19 vaccines at the United Center.
Instead, doses from the United Center site will be distributed to mobile vaccination teams, according to the governor’s office. These doses of vaccines will be targeted at areas severely affected by the coronavirus and the exact sites will be determined later.