They give preference to health care workers, older than 65 and those who already exist. Earlier this week, Walgreens’ website crashed when individuals who want the vaccine report quickly.
Chicago and Provinces Will Not Extend 1B Qualification
Although the state can generally expand who can vaccinate in Group 1B, the city of Chicago and none of the county districts will follow suit.
“We administered the vaccine as quickly as possible,” said Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle. “And now we’m in the same situation as LA County, where we’ll be temporarily shutting down some sites because we’ll run out of our current vaccine supply. not. ‘
On Wednesday, government JB Pritzker and IDPH group 1B extended to those older than 16 years with comorbidities and underlying conditions as defined by the CDC. In addition, Illinois will also prioritize people with disabilities, all effective on February 25, even if the director of the IDPH, dr. Ngozi Ezike, acknowledges that supply is still an issue.
However, the governor insisted he would remain optimistic, but that supply would increase in the coming weeks, especially as Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine is expected to be approved by the end of the month.
“It’s a single-dose vaccine,” Pritzker said. “It will be a great development in the world of vaccines, and will help us tremendously to get everyone vaccinated.”
The high risk categories covered in the expansion include:
-Cancer
-Chronic kidney disease
-COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
-Diabetes
-Heart condition
-Immun-compromised state of a solid organ transplant
-Vetish
-Pregnancy
-Lung disease
-Cystic disease
In a statement, the governor’s spokesman said the vaccine supply had already begun to increase and that “the most medically vulnerable in our state should qualify for vaccination as soon as possible”, in part because “this group is excessively vulnerable people include. of color. ‘
Pritzker government visits Elgin vaccine
Pritzker gave an update on Thursday morning on the vaccination efforts of the Elgin Mental Health Center in Elgin.
The vaccination site of the Department of Human Services in Elgin houses many patients and has dozens of staff members. On Thursday morning, 50 patients and staff received their second doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
South African COVID-19 variant detected in IL
The South African variant of COVID-19 was found in Illinois.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Thursday that the first cases of COVID variant B.1.351 have been confirmed in the state, in a Rock Island resident. The state currently reports 22 cases of the British variant B 1.1.7.
According to doctors, the South African variant has most likely already been distributed in the state.
“What is worrying is that some of these variants, as I said, are popping up more frequently, indicating that there is something to them, which gives them an advantage over other versions of COVID,” said Dr. Mary Hayden, Head of the Infectious Diseases Division at Rush University Medical Center.
Both variants appear to spread faster, health officials said, and could lead to more cases of the virus or even another surge.
“The South African variant is a bit more problematic. It reduces the ability of the vaccines to cause antibodies that will suppress it. But that does not completely eliminate it,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy, said. and infectious diseases.
According to doctors, vaccine manufacturers are starting to adjust doses to keep up with mutations. Yet they reminded the public of the urgent need to wear a face mask, keep social distance, restrict gatherings outside the household of all sizes, and be vaccinated if it’s your turn.
Meanwhile, Illinois health officials on Thursday reported 2,825 new COVID-19 cases and 102 deaths.
The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 1,155,833, with a total of 19,841 deaths since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the past 24 hours, laboratories reported 96,525 samples for a total of 16,918,910.
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As of Wednesday night, it was reported that 1,954 patients in Illinois were in the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 448 patients were in the ICU and 227 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary positive test of seven days across the country from 4-10 February is 3.9%.
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A total of 1,929,850 doses of vaccine were delivered to suppliers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 456,100 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered in Illinois to 2,385,950.
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The IDPH says that the distribution numbers of vaccines are reported in real time and that the number of vaccines lags by as much as 72 hours.
IDPH reports that a total of 1,549,108 doses of vaccine were administered, including 226,974 at long-term facilities. The rolling average of vaccines administered over seven days is 56,094.
The deaths reported on Thursday include:
– Clay County: 1 female 80s
– Clinton County: 1 female 80s
– Coles County: 1 60-year-old man
– Cook County: 1 male 30s, 1 female 40s, 1 male 40s, 1 female 50s, 4 men 50s, 6 women 60s, 6 men 60s, 7 women 70s, 7 men 70s, 7 women 80s, 7 men 80s, 4 women 90s, 2 men 90s
– DeKalb County: 1 female 90s
– DuPage County: 1 female 40s, 3 men 70s, 1 80s female, 1 90s female
– Greene County: 1 50-year-old woman
– Grundy County: 1 60-year-old man
– Jefferson County: 1 male 80s
– Kane County: 1 man 60s, 1 man 70s, 1 woman 90s
– Knox County: 1 female 80s
– Lake County: 1 male 50’s
– Lawrence County: 1 60-year-old man
– Livingston County: 1 80-year-old man
– Logan County: 1 female 90s
– Marion County: 1 70-year-old man
– McLean County: 1 60-year-old man
– Monroe County: 1 70-year-old man, 1 90-year-old woman
– Moultrie County: 1 man 70’s
– Randolph County: 1 70-year-old man
– Sangamon County: 1 female 70’s
– St. Clair County: 1 female 50s, 1 90s female
– Stephenson County: 1 80-year-old man
– Tazewell County: 1 40-year-old woman, 1 50-year-old woman, 1 70-year-old woman, 1 90-year-old woman
– Vermilion County: 1 70-year-old man
– Washington County: 1 female 90s
– Whiteside County: 1 60-year-old man, 1 90-year-old man
– Will County: 1 male 50s, 1 60s men, 3 men 70s, 1 80s female, 2 women 90s
– Winnebago County: 1 female 90s
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