Governor announces new COVID-19 vaccination website

Posted on January 25, 2021
Gov. JB Pritzker toured the Tinley Park Convention Center mass vaccination site, where those 65 and over and frontline essential workers can make an appointment to be vaccinated. (Twitter/Governor JB Pritzker)

 

By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pritzker bragged a little Monday when he helped open a new COVID vaccination site in Tinley Park, and a doctor talked up the need for everyone to get the vaccine when they can.

“People who have received both doses are considered to have achieved full protection after two weeks from the second one,” said Dr. Whitney Lyn of Cook County Health. “The more people who get vaccinated, the more people who are protected. The more people who are protected, the sooner we can resume normalcy.”

Said Pritzker, “Our statewide vaccine locator is searchable by both ZIP code and city. You will also find a guide as to who qualifies for vaccines in this new phase 1B. Broadly, that includes those 65 and over and those classified by the CDC as frontline essential workers, such as teachers, first responders, and grocery workers.”

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