Meanwhile, a Chicago initiative aimed at targeting 15 neighborhoods hardest-hit by the pandemic continues to roll out. In addition to the targeted Chicago ZIP codes, seniors, frontline essential workers, and people 16 and older with underlying conditions are eligible to book appointments at the United Center, when they become available. Initially, appointments could be booked via /vaccine and at 31. But there are no details yet for how those groups can book slots to get shots. City officials say 30% of the remaining slots at the United Center will go to residents of suburban Cook County and the last 10% will go to Illinoisans who live elsewhere.
Public health officials are reserving 60% of the United Center appointments for Chicago residents. It’s not clear how many appointments were offered, but they all appeared to be gone by Thursday morning.
But they needed to prove residency and use a special access code. But by the end of the day, the Chicago Department of Public Health said at least 168,000 people ultimately would be able to get appointments, meaning some 118,000 remained available.īy Wednesday, Chicago officials announced that anyone living in five ZIP codes – Pilsen (60608), Chatham (60619), Auburn Gresham (60620), South Shore (60649) and Ashburn (60652) – could book appointments at the United Center through a city-run website, not the usual Zocdoc website. At first, officials gave contradictory answers about whether there were still appointments available. The site crashed almost immediately after more people started trying to book appointments.īy Monday, 50,000 appointments had been booked and the site was temporarily closed.Įlected officials held an event Tuesday celebrating the opening of the federally run mass vaccination site. But on Sunday, slots at the United Center mass vaccination site opened up to frontline essential workers and people 16 and older with underlying conditions. Seniors aged 65 and over had exclusive access to book United Center shots starting last Thursday. Here’s a recap to catch you up on where things stand now.
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