The state of Illinois added 80 new COVID-19 vaccination sites starting this week to continue the flow of doses in people eligible for Phase 1B.
More than 3.2 million residents of the state are eligible for vaccination in the current vaccination phase, which includes people aged 65 and over, as well as “essential frontline workers”.
In all, 390 vaccination posts were opened across the state.
The newly established locations include 78 additional Walgreens locations, as well as two Illinois National Guard locations in Cook and St. Clair counties.
Current vaccination sites in the state are available by appointment only, but the state plans to launch care facilities in the coming weeks, officials said earlier.
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Illinois recently started vaccinations at a number of drugstore pharmacies and supermarkets in the state, including Walgreens, Jewel-Osco, Mariano’s, Kroger and Hy-Vee.
In total, the networks add up to more than 300 of the 390 localities in the state. They include:
• Hy-Vee – 16 locations
• Jewel-Osco – 92 locations
• Kroger – 17 locations
• Mariano’s – 6 locations
• Walgreens – 170 locations
Eight Walmart locations in Chicago were also administering COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, the company announced.
The two new National Guard sites bring the total number of state-supported sites to 12.
This is the most recent list of locations:
• Arlington Heights Health Center – 3250 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights
• Belle-Clair Fairgrounds – 200 S. Belt E # 2650, Belleville
• Blue Island Health Center – 12757 S. Western Ave., Blue Island
• Cottage Grover Health Center – 1645 Cottage Grove Ave., Ford Heights
• East Side Health District Mobile team – multiple locations in East St. Louis
• Morton East Adolescent Health Center – 2423 S. Austin Blvd., Cicero
• North Riverside Health Center – 1800 S. Harlem Ave., North Riverside
• Provident Hospital – 500 E. 51st St., Chicago
• Robbins Health Center – 13450 S. Kedzie Ave., Robbins
• John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital – 1969 Ogden Ave., Chicago
• Tinley Park Convention Center – 18451 Convention Center Dr., Tinley Park
• Triton College – 2000 5th Ave., River Grove, Building T on the East Campus
Several local health departments are also providing the vaccine across the state.
Still, despite the added sites, Illinois officials continue to ask for patience, saying the vaccine supply is limited.
“While we are working to increase the number of vaccines administered daily, we are limited by the amount of vaccine available and allocated by the federal government,” said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s office in a statement. “Vaccines are only available by appointment at this time and we encourage people to come back frequently to see if there are any open appointments. Until the supply is increased, there will be great demand and we ask people to be patient. to receive the second dose while receiving the first vaccination. “