Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Police ticketing, warning truckers to leave Canada's capitalFeb 16, 2022 12:00 am - OTTAWA, Ontario - Ottawa police trying to break the nearly three-week siege of the capital by truckers protesting Canada's COVID-19 restrictions began handing out leafle...
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BioNTech plans modular vaccine factories in AfricaFeb 16, 2022 12:00 am - BERLIN - German vaccine maker BioNTech, which developed the first widely approved shot against COVID-19 together with Pfizer, unveiled plans Wednesday to establish manuf...
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Chicago-area food banks get $400,000 donation through Bank of America COVID-19 Employee Booster InitiativeFeb 15, 2022 10:00 pm - Bank of America is donating $400,000 to Chicago-area food banks - $200,000 to the Greater Chicago Food Depository and $200,000 to the Northern Illinois Food Bank - helpi...
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Hospitalizations on track for Feb. 28 lifting of state mask mandateFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalization averages dropped by 65% in recent days compared to January, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Tuesday. The seven-day average for ...
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Legislative panel suspends COVID-19 rules for schoolsFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A legislative panel on Tuesday voted to suspend the latest version of COVID-19 mitigations for public schools, which include requiring face masks, saying i...
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District 59 meeting heats up as audience demands masks be optionalFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - A mask mandate for students remains in place at Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59, after a heated discussion Monday night in which angry audience members shouted...
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Five things to know about life without masks Feb. 28Feb 14, 2022 4:30 am - If COVID-19 hospitalizations and other metrics continue to improve, Illinoisans will be able to enter indoor public spaces without face masks on Feb. 28, with some excep...
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Districts 203, 204 ending mask mandatesFeb 14, 2022 12:00 am - After a week of tense board meetings and protests, Naperville Unit District 203 and Indian Prairie Unit District 204 both announced an end to their respective mask manda...
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Fearing disruptions from mask protests, Fremont District 79 switches to remote learningFeb 14, 2022 12:00 am - Fremont Elementary School District 79 near Mundelein went to full remote learning Monday due to reports of planned demonstrations and protests over its mask requirement....
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Official: Trudeau to use emergency powers to quell protestsFeb 14, 2022 12:00 am - OTTAWA, Ontario - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided to invoke emergency powers to quell the protests by demonstrators who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked borde...