Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D-Chicago) | File Photo
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D-Chicago) | File Photo
With the first vaccine for COVID-19 arriving in cities around the U.S., Chicago's top health official said it was the start of the end of the coronavirus.
Tuesday marked "the beginning of what will be the end of COVID-19" Chicago Department of Public Health commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said, NBC Chicago reported. Yet, it will still take some time before the pandemic comes to an actual end.
In Chicago, five health care workers were the first to be vaccinated at Loretto Hospital. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D-Chicago) said this was "history in the making," NBC Chicago reported.
Coronavirus vaccines have been released and are ready for the actual vaccination for prevention
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Arwady said the vaccine was something to celebrate, because it was an advancement in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. She said it would take approximately another year before the virus is "in the rearview mirror," NCB Chicago reported.
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