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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Courtney Kueppers | WBEZ

New COVID-19 booster shots could be available in Chicago after Labor Day

Daisy Murillo, 20, of North Riverside, receives a Moderna vaccine booster shot against COVID-19 on Jan. 18 at Cook County’s Forest Park Community Vaccination Site at 7630 Roosevelt Rd. in Forest Park. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Chicago public health officials are once again preparing for a massive vaccine rollout. Nearly 1.8 million Chicagoans could soon be eligible for updated COVID-19 shots now that the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized a modified booster.

“We’ve been planning and preparing for that,” Dr. Allison Arwady said a day earlier. “Rest assured, we are ready to go and excited.”

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