Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Kane County health officials encouraged by improving COVID-19 hospitalization numbersApr 21, 2022 5:15 am - COVID-19 cases are rising again in Kane County, but the number of people hospitalized by the infection is falling. That's spawning an optimistic view of the impact of th...
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No masks on planes, transit? Not so fast, Biden administration says as it files to keep mandateApr 20, 2022 1:00 am - The quandary of masks on transit and planes is back in play after the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday appealed a federal judge's ruling tossing out the COVID-19 ...
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No mask rule, remote learning yet amid COVID-19 surge at Dist. 203's Maplebrook ElementaryApr 19, 2022 1:00 am - Despite a recent surge in COVID-19 cases at Maplebrook Elementary School, Naperville Unit District 203 Superintendent Dan Bridges said there are no plans to require mask...
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As Pritzker lifts mandate on transit, masks now optional on Metra, CTA, Pace and at airportsApr 19, 2022 1:00 am - Metra, Pace and CTA passengers who rode to work Tuesday morning wearing masks were allowed to go home with or without face coverings after two days of rapidly evolving p...
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Metra, Pace, CTA not changing mask policy yet while some airlines do after judge's rulingApr 18, 2022 1:00 am - A federal judge's ruling throwing out the government's mask mandate on airplanes and public transit Monday has caused a bit of a free-for-all in the Chicago region and n...
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Appellate court allows state vaccine mandate on teachers, other public employees to continueApr 15, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A state appellate court ruled Thursday that it will not block enforcement of the Pritzker administration's mandate that certain categories of public employ...
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It's not over: COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in U.S.Apr 15, 2022 1:00 am - Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline. One big unknown? "W...
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Illinois averaging more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases a day. That has health officials concerned.Apr 15, 2022 1:00 am - This story has been updated to correct information about the Philadelphia mask mandate. Illinois is averaging more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 a day over the p...
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Anti-virus shutdowns in China spread as infections riseApr 15, 2022 1:00 am - BEIJING - Anti-virus controls that have shut down some of China's biggest cities and fueled public irritation are spreading as infections rise, hurting a weak economy an...
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South Korea to remove most virus restrictions as omicron slowsApr 15, 2022 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say...