NOTE: The Cook County Department of Public Health must address the release of the form at a 4 pm news conference. Watch live in the player above
Residents of the Cook County suburb can now register for coronavirus vaccine updates, including when they will be able to receive their first injections and where, according to Illinois, they continue to deliver doses.
According to the Cook County Department of Public Health website, the new registration form will be used “to gather information from individuals who would like to receive regular updates on when and where they can receive the COVID-19 vaccination”.
Although the department notes that vaccine doses remain limited and are being administered to prioritized populations, including healthcare professionals and residents and employees of long-term care facilities, it asks any resident to “not be affiliated with a health organization of any kind. like “fill in the survey.
In the meantime, organizations with employees currently eligible to receive the vaccine can register to receive “updates on when their employees can receive the COVID-19 vaccine” here.
The form follows one released by the Lake County suburb last month. Lake County health officials created a COVID-19 portal called “AllVax”, allowing residents to sign up for coronavirus updates, schedule appointments and register for the vaccine.
Last week, the city of Chicago also launched its first mass vaccination site COVID-19 for healthcare professionals, while continuing to distribute thousands of doses of deadly coronavirus vaccines.
But you can’t just enter the vaccination site – known as the “distribution point” or “capsule” site – to get the vaccine. You will need an appointment, and only those who meet certain criteria can get an appointment at this time.
Workers who meet the criteria – Arwady listed examples including a dental office, an outpatient office, a school nurse, a funeral parlor, or any other type of healthcare professional in Chicago – will first need to make sure that their office is registered in the city.
The city’s website has a survey for healthcare providers to detail the practice, staff and more information before city officials begin the process of receiving doses of the vaccine directly at the clinic or making appointments for employees at city locations or potentially executed locations pharmacy partners or hospitals.
On New Year’s Eve, 143,924 Illinois residents received the COVID vaccine, according to a spokeswoman for Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.
These figures come amid growing fears that the slow release of the vaccine could prolong the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. According to a recent study by NBC News, the federal government would need to vaccinate 3 million people a day to reach its goal of 80% of the population being vaccinated by the end of June.
At the end of December, only 2 million people had received the first dose and, at this rate, it would take 10 years to reach the vaccination limit of 80%.
As concerns escalate, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot criticized the federal government, saying it could take more than a year to administer the vaccine to all city residents at the current rate of dose remittances.
In a social media post on Saturday, Lightfoot said the city’s health department administered more than 95% of the vaccine doses it received from the federal government.
In the tweet, Lightfoot said that at the current dose allocation rate, it would take 71 weeks to fully vaccinate all city residents.
“We need more vaccine. Now, ”she said.