Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Illinois State Fair to reopen with new attractions, indoor mask mandateAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - After a one-year interruption last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Illinois State Fair in Springfield is set to reopen Thursday with some new att...
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Social services say Kane County shouldn't keep so much COVID money, but it hasn't decided yetAug 05, 2021 5:30 am - Social service providers are pressuring Kane County officials to put less of the $103 million in federal American Rescue Plan money into government expenses and more int...
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Kane County officials strongly recommend masks at county buildingsAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - Kane County Board Chair Corinne Pierog has announced that county officials are "strongly recommending" anyone who works in or visits a county building wear a mask regard...
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Pritzker hopes school mask mandate 'very temporary,' but new COVID-19 cases top 3,000Aug 05, 2021 1:00 am - As new cases of COVID-19 totaled 3,048 Thursday, the first time infections have surpassed 3,000 in a day since May 7, Gov. J.B. Pritzker stood by his day-old mandate for...
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With COVID cases rising, Latino leaders hoping to motivate their community to get vaccinatedAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - Saying that 60% of new COVID-19 cases in towns such as Elgin and Aurora are unvaccinated Latinos, a group of local leaders and organizations held a call for action event...
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Masks required for all indoor high school sports: Here's what that meansAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - It's mask up time again for high school sports conducted indoors. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced an update to the Illinois Department of Public Health All-Sports Policy We...
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Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights will require proof of vaccines for indoor diners, audiencesAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - Diners and music lovers who frequent Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights and want to sit indoors must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination beginning Tuesday. Owners decided ear...
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The truth about vaccination: Spread the wordAug 04, 2021 11:00 pm - As we face another possible surge in COVID-19, health care experts everywhere continue to stress the need for vaccination against the deadly virus for everyone ages 12 a...
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Government mandate or not, some suburban businesses bring back mask requirementsAug 04, 2021 5:00 am - In a comic strip on the front window of Graham Crackers Comics in DeKalb, a character exclaims to Peter Parker: "Your Mask ... Please ... PUT YOUR MASK BACK ON!!!" Like ...
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Illinois COVID-19 cases triple, vaccinations down by half in one monthAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - In just one month, new COVID-19 infections more than tripled, but vaccinations dropped nearly by half, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed. The latest mutat...