


This site was selected, and an additional allocation was made available to the City, to achieve this goal. The United Center site is a part of the Biden Administration's strategy to focus additional effort on particularly vulnerable communities. This site was located in the City of Chicago where it would be in close proximity to the most vulnerable populations in the city. While more than 40,000 seniors have secured appointments at the United Center site since registration opened Thursday morning which will all continue to be honored, less than 40 percent of these appointments were made by Chicago residents. CHICAGO - Following additional FEMA guidance, federal, state, county and city officials today announced a shift in eligibility for the United Center Federal Mass Vaccination Center in order to ensure equity in vaccine distribution and that the people and communities most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic have access to the vaccine.
