Chicago’s United Center becomes federal vaccination site
February 26, 2021SPRINGFIELD – State and federal officials on Friday, Feb. 26 announced a new federal mass COVID-19 vaccination site will be opening March 10 at the United Center in Chicago….
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State rolls out Phase 1B COVID-19 vaccine expansion
February 25, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Illinois residents 16 years of age and older with underlying conditions are now able to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in the state’s latest expansion of vaccination Phase…
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Pritzker expecting Illinois to hit 100,000 daily vaccines in mid-March
February 24, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday, Feb. 22 the state expects to be receiving up to 100,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine daily by mid-March, up from the approximately…
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Hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue on a steady decline
February 24, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Hospitalizations and positivity rates for COVID-19 in Illinois continued on a steady decline Tuesday, Feb. 23 decreasing for the 13th straight week. As of Monday night,…
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State prepares to expand Phase 1B eligibility this week
February 22, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday, Feb. 22 that the state will move ahead with plans to expand vaccine eligibility under Phase 1B of its vaccination plan later this week….
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Illinois tops 2 million vaccine doses administered
February 19, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Illinois topped 2 million Friday, Feb. 19 as the state’s case positivity rate continues to hover near pandemic…
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Restaurants, hotels want reopening plan, warn they can’t last another year
February 19, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Officials from the hotel, restaurant and convention industries told a state Senate panel that they need a clear plan for how they will be allowed to reopen as the COVID-19…
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Pritzker: State vaccine deliveries to reach 500,000 next week
February 18, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday, Feb. 18 that he expects the state to receive up to 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from the federal government next week. To date,…
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State says weather causing federal COVID-19 vaccine delivery delays
February 16, 2021SPRINGFIELD – State officials have been notified that winter weather across much of the U.S. is causing delays in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccine shipments, according to a Tuesday,…
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COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline
February 15, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The state’s COVID-19 case positivity rate is below 3 percent for the first time since July and hospitalizations for the disease continued on a steady decline Monday,…
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