Ten regional hospital coordination centers in Illinois will serve as distribution centers for the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Friday.
County counties with the highest per capita mortality rates will be the first to receive the vaccine, said government JB. Pritzker announced Friday that Illinois has recorded 10,526 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus.
Officials are expecting an initial shipment of 109,000 vaccine doses early in mid-month.
Illinois follows federal guidelines for vaccine delivery, with health professionals and nursing home residents known as Phase 1A.
“Some quick math tells you that it takes several weeks of delivery for our health care workers to get the first two doses they need, while long-term care facility residents also get it,” Pritzker said.
The first shipment of the vaccine was delivered directly by the IDPH to the U.S. Department of Disease Control and Prevention, said Dr. Engozi Ezek, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health. Will get from the centers. Dodge added that the state agency has 20 ultra-cold freezers to keep the dose.
Doses will be sent to regional hospital coordination centers, and from there will be distributed to the 50 counties with the highest per capita mortality rates.
The counties’ health departments will receive the vaccine from designated hospitals, Ezekiel said.
In major cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles and New York, the governor said, everyone will receive a separate, direct supply of vaccines. Distribution in Chicago will be coordinated with the rest of Illinois.
Illinois Regional Hospital Coordination Centers are listed below:
- Region 1 – Rockford Memorial Hospital – Rockford
- Region 2 – OSF St. Francis Medical Center – Peoria
- Region 3 – St. John’s Hospital – Springfield
- Region 4 – Memorial Hospital – Belleville
- Area 5 – SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale – Carbondale
- Region 6 – Carle Foundation Hospital – Urbana
- Region 7 – Advocate Christ Medical Center – Oak Lnn
- Region 8 – Loyola University Medical Center – Maywood
- Region 9 – Advocate Sherman Medical Center – Elgin
- Region 10 – Northshore Highland Park Hospital – Highland Park
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