![]() ![]() It’s unclear how long those mass vaccine sites will stay open or if they will reduce hours and staff. There are at least 20 statewide vaccination clinic sites throughout Illinois that have appointments available to any Illinois resident regardless of the ZIP code they live in, according to IDPH. Pritzker expanded eligibility to all adult Illinois residents on April 12, and “softening” demand across the state has allowed Chicago to get doses to most anyone who wants one. Although the vaccination site set up outside the United Center meets the guidelines for the largest sites, officials have not released its daily costs of operations or indicated whether they approach the $400,000 estimate.Īs demand slows to a crawl in some locations, some are asking if it makes sense to close the clinics - or move them to spots with higher demand. So far, Illinois has received hundreds of millions in FEMA reimbursements during the pandemic, including nearly $8 million to distribute vaccines at the United Center.Ī megasite - defined as a facility at least 15,000 square feet in size - could employ as many as 304 people, including security, traffic control, vaccinators, pharmacists, IT support, translators and even legal affairs officers, according to the internal state estimates. ![]() ![]() That’s according to a spreadsheet featuring internal calculations prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and obtained by the Documenting COVID-19 project in collaboration with the Chicago Sun-Times.Īs millions in federal relief money flows to local governments, the spreadsheet provides a detailed look at how much it costs to run such facilities - from a small clinic handling just 250 daily doses to “megasites” handling 6,000. Still, that’s far less than the estimated price tag for the largest mass vaccine sites across Illinois - about $400,000 a day. ![]()
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