Illinois health officials say all residents of the state over the age of 16 will become eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but that will not include residents of the city of Chicago. "At that date, all state-supported mass vaccination sites, local health departments, pharmacy partners – in short, every jurisdiction that receives vaccine from the State of Illinois’ allocation – will be instructed to move to widespread eligibility," Pritzker's office said in a statement. Pritzker announced Thursday that all Illinois residents over the age of 16 outside of the city of Chicago will become eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on April 12. When will COVID vaccine eligibility expand in Illinois?
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That included Chicago and suburban Cook County, among others, which remain in Phase 1B.įor a full look at who's eligible to get vaccinated in Phase 1B Plus, as well as which jurisdictions did not expand past Phase 1B, click here. That's in addition to the already-eligible health care workers and long-term care facility staff and residents who qualified in Phase 1A, plus the frontline essential workers as well as all residents age 65 and older who became eligible in the earlier iteration of Phase 1B.īut when Illinois entered Phase 1B Plus, several local health departments, hospital systems and Chicago-area counties said they would not expand alongside the state due to low supply. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter here. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know.
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