Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Traveling? 'Change your plans,' Pritzker urges as COVID-19 deaths up 137% from a month agoNov 24, 2020 12:00 am - Thanksgiving travelers on the brink of heading to O'Hare or Midway international airports should "change your plans, if you can," Gov. J.B. Pritzker urged Tuesday amid a...
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Geneva won't issue tickets for disobeying Pritzker's COVID-19 ordersNov 24, 2020 12:00 am - Geneva residents and businesses won't be punished by the city for disobeying Gov. J.B. Pritzker's COVID-19 health orders. Aldermen on Monday rejected a proposal to have ...
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UK eases restrictions so families can gather over ChristmasNov 24, 2020 12:00 am - LONDON - British authorities gave the green light Tuesday to holiday reunions for millions, relaxing restrictions on social mixing over Christmas and offering arriving i...
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Keep the mask: A vaccine won't end the U.S. crisis right awayNov 24, 2020 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Don't even think of putting the mask away anytime soon. Despite the expected arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in just a few weeks, it could take several months - ...
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'We're in a crisis': Fox Valley mayors make video urging residents to avoid holiday gatheringsNov 24, 2020 12:00 am - With the holidays approaching and COVID-19 cases surging locally, the mayors of five Fox Valley towns teamed up to send a video message to their residents. And that mess...
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Thanksgiving could be make-or-break in U.S. virus responseNov 24, 2020 12:00 am - In Pennsylvania, if you're having friends over to socialize, you're supposed to wear a mask - and so are your friends. That's the rule, but Barb Chestnut has no intentio...
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Are dining tents a safe way to eat out during the pandemic?Nov 24, 2020 12:00 am - Are dining tents a safe way to eat out during the pandemic? Health experts say outdoor dining tents are generally safer than dining inside, but caution that they're not ...
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Spain's mortuary workers endure the daily march of deathNov 24, 2020 12:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain - When Marina Gómez and her fellow mortuary worker enter a room at a nursing home to remove the body of a COVID-19 victim, they work methodically and in...
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Glenbard District 87 will finish the semester with remote learningNov 24, 2020 12:00 am - Students in Glenbard High School District 87 will continue remote learning through the end of the semester due to surging COVID-19 cases in DuPage County. District offic...
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Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines canceled due to pandemicNov 24, 2020 12:00 am - The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the annual Catholic celebration that draws as many as a quarter of a million pilgrims to Des Plaines every December, has been cancele...