Health & Fitness
Mayor Johnson: City Is "Moving Quickly" To Vaccinate CPS Students Against Measles
City officials would not say which grade the student was in at the school, and did not respond to CBS 2's request for comment.
March 14, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Four of the seven measles patients in the Pilsen migrant shelter have been children, and one of those four children is a student in the Chicago Public Schools – attending Philip D. Armour Elementary in Bridgeport.
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City officials would not say which grade the student was in at the school, and did not respond to CBS 2's request for comment.
But while officials said about 900 measles vaccinations have been given at the Pilsen migrant shelter since this past weekend – amounting to everyone eligible for the vaccine – CBS 2 asked Mayor Johnson on Wednesday about the efforts to vaccinate inside Chicago Public Schools.
