( CHICAGO ) – Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Health System CEO Israel Rocha announced today that Cook County will open a vaccine presidency site at Triton College beginning Wednesday, February 3, 2021 to continue vaccinations for individuals eligible under 1b .
Phase 1b includes individuals senesce 65 and older and essential workers such as first responders, manufacturing employees and grocery store storehouse personnel. While an calculate 600,000 suburban individuals are eligible for vaccine under Phase 1b, officials continue to remind the populace that there is presently not adequate vaccine supply to vaccinate everyone .
“ While current vaccine add does not meet the requirement – we are standing up large scale sites now to ensure that we are quick as vaccine supply is expected to increase in the issue forth weeks and months, ” said Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.
Triton College, located in River Grove, is the second large-scale site Cook County has operationalized following the open of a site at the Tinley Park Convention Center on January 26, 2021. about 7,000 vaccines were administered at the Tinley Park Convention Center in its first week. When amply operationalized and when ample vaccine supply becomes available, Cook County Health estimates it will be able to provide more than 4,000 vaccines weekly at Triton College. Cook County expects to open extra boastfully vaccinations sites in the derive weeks .
Vaccinations at all Cook County Health sites will be provided by appointment only. Cook County Health will offer appointment slots based on the sum of vaccine on hand and will add appointments as new vaccine shipments arrive ,
Cook County Health will release appointments at Triton College at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Appointments can be made at vaccine.cookcountyil.gov. Individuals without internet access or who need assistance scheduling can call ( 833 ) 308-1988 ( from 7 ante meridiem to 7 post meridiem, Monday – Friday ).
“ We are asking Cook County residents for their continue patience as we work to ramp up one of the largest County-operated vaccine programs in the country, ” said Israel Rocha, CEO, Cook County Health .
In addition to Cook County Health sites, the Cook County Department of Public Health has distributed vaccines to more than 90 collaborator locations including Jewel-Osco, Mariano ’ s, Walgreens, Federally Qualified Health Centers and hospitals who are besides offering vaccines by appointment. A arrant list of these sites can be found at www.cookcountypublichealth.org. extra sites can be found at hypertext transfer protocol : //coronavirus.illinois.gov/s/vaccination-location.
In the weeks ahead and pending vaccine handiness, Cook County plans to open at least four extra big sites across the suburb. County officials expect Phase 1b to take some time and caution residents to remember that moving through the versatile phases is contingent on the handiness of vaccine .
Residents not so far eligible for vaccine can besides sign up at vaccine.cookcountyil.gov to receive updates on their phase and for data on dozens of extra inoculation sites across Cook County .
CONTACT:
Deb Song, Director of Public Affairs
deb.song @ cookcountyhhs.org
312-771-5041
