Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Pritzker announces mask mandate for schools, vaccine rules for state workersAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Go>. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday announced a universal face mask mandate inside public and private schools and day cares to combat the highly infectious COVID-19 delta v...
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Mask-optional schools in suburbs reverse course, say they'll obey governor's mandateAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Suburban school districts that had made face coverings optional for their students and employees backtracked Wednesday, saying they won't defy Gov. J.B. Pritzker's state...
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Hyde Park Summer Fest called offAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Rising COVID-19 cases have prompted organizers of another Chicago festival to cancel their plans for 2021. In June, Jonathan Swain, Hyde Park Summer Fest co-organizer, h...
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Speakers at board meeting urge Dist. 54 to defy mask mandateAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Despite a mandate from the governor Wednesday for all Illinois students to wear masks in school, all 24 speakers at the Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 meetin...
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Get free tickets to Six Flags Great America at West Suburban Community Pantry's vaccine clinicAug 03, 2021 11:00 pm - On Saturday, Aug. 7, the DuPage Health Coalition, in cooperation with YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and West Suburban Community Pantry, will offer free COVID-19 vaccinati...
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Why masks are again advised for everyone indoorsAug 03, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Wait, we're supposed to wear masks again? Even if we are vaccinated? For a large part of the U.S., that's the latest advice from the Centers for Disease Contr...
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Constable: Into the valley of those dead set against vaccines, masksAug 03, 2021 5:30 am - During the COVID-19 explosion of 2020, my family worried that we might inadvertently infect people and be part of the pandemic problem. So, for the first time since the ...
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Naperville District 203 to require masks regardless of vaccination statusAug 03, 2021 1:00 am - The safe return to full-time in-person learning is central to a back-to-school plan adopted by Naperville Unit District 203. That means, at least for now, face coverings...
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'Necessary course adjustment' will require masks for all in Libertyville District 70 schoolsAug 03, 2021 1:00 am - Libertyville Elementary District 70 again has reversed course and will require all students, teachers, staff members and visitors to wear masks when indoors at all schoo...
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Masks now mandatory for Stevenson High students, staffAug 03, 2021 1:00 am - Effective immediately, all Stevenson High School students and employees must wear masks indoors to prevent spreading the COVID-19 virus. Students at the Lincolnshire sch...