Chicago Vaccinations

Options were running out Friday for the Chicago Police Department employees and other city workers who still haven’t been vaccinated despite a city policy requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for city employees.

In accordance with city of Chicago policy, employees are required to report their first COVID shot by Sunday, but at least 2,800 Chicago Police Department employees haven’t done so. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Options were running out Friday for the Chicago Police Department employees and other city workers who still haven’t been vaccinated despite a city policy requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for city employees.

Chicago’s top doctor is set to deliver an update on the city’s COVID-19 response, the latest data and vaccine information, and launch a new “Vaccine Ambassador” program on Tuesday.

The state of Illinois is “going to ramp down” the number of COVID vaccine doses it orders from the federal government each week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday, with demand for vaccinations falling as more people have gotten their shots.

Teams to vaccinate people against COVID-19 will be dispatched to workplaces and commercial buildings in Chicago and across Illinois, officials announced Monday.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces teams to vaccinate people against COVID-19 will be dispatched to workplaces and commercial buildings in Chicago and across Illinois.

Chicago officials are continuing their push to help residents in the city’s hardest hit communities get access to the coronavirus vaccine, and NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has the latest details.