The site will offer around 6,000 vaccine shots a day, according to the news site Block Club Chicago. More than 100,000 appointments will be open to start, and appointments already given to suburban residents will be honored. The United Center site first announced it was accepting all eligible individuals, as long as they live in Illinois however, a last-minute adjustment made the appointments only available to Chicago residents, with the possibility of suburban Chicago appointments at an undetermined time.Ĭook County said appointments will be made available to suburbanites, but did not say when that may be. The Des Plaines clinic is the county’s fourth mass vaccination site - joining the Tinley Park Convention Center, South Suburban College and Triton College - but the first in the northern suburbs.Īccording to the release, Des Plaines was chosen “to ensure that Cook County is providing vaccine access in communities that were hit hard by the virus.”Īppointments also open Thursday for vaccinations at the United Center on Chicago’s west side. “This is a critical time in our fight against COVID-19 and providing all three FDA approved vaccines ensures that our residents are afforded every vaccine option currently available,” County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said in a statement. In a press release, the county said the Des Plaines site will be the first “large-scale” site in Illinois to administer the recently approved Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccine. Visit or call (833) 308-1988 from 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday–Friday to schedule an appointment. Those phases include medical professionals, first-responders, frontline workers, educators, and those age 65 and older, among others.Īppointments can be made starting at 1 p.m. The location opens on Friday or Saturday, March 5-6, by appointment only, and officials said it could provide 3,500 vaccination shots per day, “when adequate vaccine is available.”Ĭook County residents in Phase 1a and 1b are eligible to be vaccinated.
Cook County officials announced Wednesday, March 3, that it will operate a vaccination clinic out of a vacated Kmart store at the corner of Oakton and Lee streets (1155 E.
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