Illinois EMA shares lessons learned from pandemic
April 9, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency was forced to adapt quickly to a new role when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit last year, and the agency’s director told a…
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CDC updates COVID-19 travel guidelines as more people get vaccinated
April 9, 2021The going gets better for those who are fully vaccinated, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated travel guidelines last week. The highlight? Fully vaccinated…
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Illinois tops single-day vaccine record as universal eligibility nears
April 8, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker reiterated Thursday, April 8 that all Illinois residents age 16 and older will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine beginning Monday, April 12,…
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Pritzker expresses ‘great concern’ as COVID-19 positivity rate climbs
April 7, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Public health officials on Wednesday, April 7 announced 3,790 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 out of 80,628 test results reported over the previous 24 hours,…
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State to get $124 million in federal funds to expand vaccine efforts
April 6, 2021SPRINGFIELD – COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to rise Tuesday, April 6 as state officials announced that additional resources were being deployed in the state’s vaccination…
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Rapid response vaccination teams coming to Central Illinois
April 6, 2021SPRINGFIELD –Amid the increased COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, state officials announced Tuesday, April 6 that Illinois would receive $124 million in federal funding from the…
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Pritzker urges schools to focus relief funds on helping students
April 5, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker took to the road Monday, April 5 to urge local school districts in Illinois to carefully target the roughly $7 billion in federal funds they…
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Vaccine expansion could help combat potential COVID-19 surge
April 5, 2021COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to rise in Illinois as the statewide seven-day rolling case positivity rate reached 3.8 percent for the third consecutive day Monday, April…
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COVID-19 cases keep rising in Illinois as unemployment claims fall
April 1, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The state reported 3,526 new confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 Thursday, April 1, the highest one-day total since Feb. 5. That drove the seven-day rolling average…
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GOP leader pushes for expanded COVID-19 liability protections
April 1, 2021SPRINGFIELD — The top Republican in the state Senate has introduced a bill to shield healthcare providers and others from being held responsible for injuries or deaths related to…
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