Chicago-Area Hospitals Ready For Vaccine Distribution

Chicago-area hospitals are administering their first rounds of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine this week.

By Bianca Martin
Virus Outbreak Vaccine Chicago
Dr. Marina Del Rios, from University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, receives Chicago's first COVID-19 vaccination from Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, at Loretto Hospital. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Virus Outbreak Vaccine Chicago
Dr. Marina Del Rios, from University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, receives Chicago's first COVID-19 vaccination from Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, at Loretto Hospital. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago-Area Hospitals Ready For Vaccine Distribution

Chicago-area hospitals are administering their first rounds of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine this week.

By Bianca Martin
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Reset brings on two health care workers in charge of vaccine distribution at their respective hospitals to learn about their plans and ambitions for the process.

GUESTS: Lorry Luscri, health promotion and disease prevention program manager at Edward Hines Jr. VA hospital

Erin Shaughnessy, director of pharmacy at Rush University Medical Center