State health director Ezike to step down March 14
— March 1, 2022SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike will resign on March 14 after three years leading the agency and two years navigating a deadly pandemic…
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Illinois’ mask mandate ends Monday, mass testing sites to close
— February 25, 2022Due to the continued decrease in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, and increase in available ICU beds, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is lifting the state’s indoor mask requirement beginning…
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New ‘On the Fence’ campaign to encourages vaccinations
— January 11, 2022With the current surge of COVID-19 cases due to the highly contagious Omicron variant, the State of Illinois launched a new vaccine awareness campaign to explain the power of the life-saving…
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State ramping up vaccine booster campaign
— October 19, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday, Oct. 19 urged eligible Illinoisans to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot and called on skilled nursing facilities to make booster shots…
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In addition to COVID-19 vaccine, it is time for flu shots
— September 25, 2021This season, in addition to flu, the state continues to battle COVID-19. More than 41 million cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have been reported, including more than 1.5 million in…
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Illinois health dept. marks 2-year anniversary of first COVID-19 case
— January 26, 2022The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) continues to urge people to get vaccinated and boosted as it marks the two-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 case reported in Illinois. …
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Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations back near pandemic peak
— January 3, 2022As omicron surges across the state, Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned Monday, Jan. 3 that hospitalizations are about as high as they were last winter before vaccines were widely available….
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State health dept. partnership enhances K-12 COVID-19 testing
— October 11, 2021To help increase capacity and facilitate faster access to COVID-19 testing in schools across the state, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has partnered with the U.S. Health…
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