Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Kane County preparing for 1,000th COVID-19 deathJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - Kane County is in the midst of its highest COVID-19 infection rate, and with 307 county residents hospitalized in just the past week, officials are now making plans to m...
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Buffalo Grove village board requires vaccine for employees but not yet themselvesJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove requires village employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but village trustees will not yet extend the mandate to themselves or other elected and appoi...
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U.S. begins offering free COVID test kits, but doubts persistJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - For the first time, people across the U.S. can log on to a government website and order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. But the White House push may do little...
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UK lifts COVID restrictions, says omicron wave 'has peaked'Jan 19, 2022 12:00 am - LONDON - Face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and COVID-19 passports will be dropped for large events as infections level off in most parts of the cou...
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COVID-19 vaccination facility to reopen in Des PlainesJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - Starting Saturday, a former Kmart store in Des Plaines once again will serve as an official COVID-19 vaccination site. The facility, at 1155 E. Oakton St., will be run b...
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'Our schools need help': Most districts in Illinois face a worsening teacher shortageJan 18, 2022 4:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - School officials across Illinois say a shortage of teachers and substitutes is forcing them to cancel course offerings, move them online or fill open posit...
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Illinois surpasses 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administeredJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - Hospitalizations for COVID-19 dropped over the holiday weekend, while Illinois vaccine providers have now administered more than 20 million doses to residents and worker...
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Omicron slamming South American hospitals as workers fall illJan 17, 2022 12:00 am - BRASILIA, Brazil - The coronavirus' omicron variant starting to barrel across South America is pressuring hospitals whose employees are taking sick leave, leaving facili...
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Mexico president returns after 2nd COVID-19 infectionJan 17, 2022 12:00 am - MEXICO CITY - Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador returned to his morning news conference Monday following a week of isolation for his second coronavirus infect...
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Daily virus cases in Russia double as omicron spreadsJan 17, 2022 12:00 am - MOSCOW - Russian authorities on Monday reported a sharp spike in new coronavirus cases, apparently driven by the rapid spread of the omicron variant health officials war...