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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan.4, 2020

Media Contact: Don Bolger, (630) 589-2975

PublicHealthDepartmentAsksHealthCareWorkersofSuburbanCookCountytoCompleteVaccinationSurvey

ForestPark,IL—TheCookCountyDepartmentofPublicHealthisaskinghealthcareworkersinsuburbanCookCountytocompleteanonlinesurveytohelpprioritizethenextphasesofCOVID-19vaccinations.

ThetimingofvaccinationsisbasedonthenumberofdosesdeliveredtoCookCounty.Thesurveyhelpsensurethatdosesareadministeredasquicklyaspossible.TheinformationcollectedfromthesurveywillbeusedtoprovideregularupdatesaboutwhenandwhereCOVID-19vaccinationswillbeavailable.

Tocompletethesurvey,visit:CCDPHVaccinationSurvey

“Thisfirstphaseofvaccinationsisforhealthcareprovidersandthoseonthefrontlines;oncetheyareprotected,we’llbeabletovaccinatethepublic,”saidDr.KiranJoshi,SeniorMedicalOfficerandCo-Lead,CookCountyDepartmentofPublicHealth.“Weareorganizingourdistributionplanstomakethequickestandmostequitableprogressinthisendeavor.”

Lastweek,over3,000EMT's,paramedicsandotherhealthcareworkerswerevaccinatedatthreeJewel-OscositesinsuburbanCookCounty.ThepartnershipwithJewel-Oscoisexpectedtoexpandintheweeksahead.

“WeareworkingwithcommunitypartnersandleaderstoensureequitableaccesstotheCOVID-19vaccinetoeveryoneinourjurisdictionofsuburbanCookCounty,”saidDr.RachelRubin,SeniorPublicHealthMedicalOfficerandCo-Lead.CookCountyDepartmentofPublicHealth.

CCDPHwillcontinuetofollowCDCandACIPguidelinestovaccinatetheresidentsasquicklyandorderlyaspossible.

ForthelatestCOVID-19information,visit:www.cookcountyhealth.org.

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