New Trier COVID-19 Vaccination Site To Open For Local Seniors

NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP, IL — Appointments to receive COVID-19 vaccines at New Trier High School's Northfield campus open Friday to all township residents aged 65 and up.

About 1,100 doses will be available to residents of Glencoe, Kenilworth, Northfield, Wilmette, and Winnetka, with appointments will be made on a first-come, first-served basis, officials announced Thursday.

To request an appointment, call 224-214-4630, 847-835-4117, 847-716-3300 or 847-853-8231 starting at 10 a.m. Friday.

The first jabs with the Moderna vaccine are scheduled to be administered on Tuesday, with a second dose to follow on April 20, so residents must be available on both dates.

Local officials asked the community to share the opportunity with seniors who have not yet been vaccinated and to assist with the registration process where necessary.

The doses have been provided by the Cook County Department of Public Health and Jewel-Osco and the site is staffed by village staff members. Those with appointments must present a valid state-issued identity proving they live in one of the qualifying villages.

The New Trier point of dispensing, or POD, opened last month following relentless advocacy by local fire officials and Cook County commissioners representing the north suburbs. It had initially been limited to first responders, school personnel and other essential municipal employees

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