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Cook County officials are scheduled to detail the vaccine distribution plan for the suburban portions of the county on Monday as shipments of Pfizer’s vaccine begin to arrive at hospitals across the country.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to talk about the coronavirus vaccine during his daily COVID-19 update Monday as the first doses were administered in the U.S.

After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved emergency use of Pfizer’s vaccine against COVID-19, hospitals in Chicago and across Illinois are preparing to receive the first doses for health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic.

Following final approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, several Chicago-area frontline workers are preparing to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in just a matter of days. “I think there is an element of excitement,” said Meeta Shah, an emergency physician at Rush University Medical Center. “I think it’s a combination of feelings. It’s like a little bit of...

Now that final approval has been given, millions of doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine will soon be distributed throughout the U.S. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.