The updated COVID-19 vaccine has arrived at large pharmacies in Chicago and is available to those who meet the federal Food and Drug Administration’s new, restrictive guidelines.
Everyone else — including some young children — is likely to get access to the shot in the city but might have to wait a few more weeks.
Doctors and medical experts say Illinois will likely issue more expansive recommendations that will support vaccinations for more people than the FDA’s limited recommendations. That could mean authorizing pharmacists to administer vaccines off-label, as they do in other states. Doctors already are authorized to give vaccines off-label…