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More than a million Chicago residents are now vaccinated
The city of Chicago announced on Saturday that a million Chicagoans have been vaccinated, just three months after the first shots were administered.
CHICAGO - A million people in Chicago have been vaccinated.
The city announced the milestone on Saturday afternoon, just three months after vaccinations started.
City officials said that vaccines are increasingly going to the most vulnerable communities. In the early rollout phases, just 18 percent of shots went to Black and brown residents. In the most recent week, 55 percent of first doses went to those residents.
Starting on Monday, Illinois expands vaccine eligibility to higher education staff and government employees.
Food and beverage workers, construction workers, and religious leaders will be eligible on March 29.
Vaccines will be open to all residents of Illinois (except for those in Chicago) on April 12.
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Vaccine withheld from hospital that gave Trump Tower workers shots
The city of Chicago on Thursday decided to withhold first doses of COVID-19 vaccines from a hospital that improperly administered vaccinations to Trump Tower workers.