This super site allows the city to step up its efforts to protect health workers from COVID-19. The site is aimed at non-hospital health workers only and requires an appointment. It is not open to the public.
Chicago Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady, qualified as one of the health professionals who sees patients but does not connect to a hospital. Dr. Arwady was vaccinated at Malcolm X College and said she was excited to get vaccinated.
Before the supersite, the city reserved the vaccine for hospital staff. However, public health officials began distributing vaccines to nursing homes and local health workers on Monday.
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As part of Chicago’s focus on equality, some of Moderna’s first vaccination doses were given at Esperanza Health in Brighton Park, a neighborhood with a test positivity rate more than double the city average.
“Parts of the Latinx community are still in crisis, and I want to make sure we don’t lose sight of that,” said Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
The Wentworth Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Englewood was the first long-term care facility in Chicago to receive COVID-19 vaccinations as the city continues to assure minority communities that the vaccine is safe.
Dr. Arwady said health professionals and long-term care facilities will continue to receive the vaccine throughout January and likely most of February. In the spring, vaccination will move to older Chicago residents and essential workers.
More than 20,000 vaccinations have been administered to health professionals at Chicago hospitals.
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