Articles filed under Coronavirus
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'We want them decreasing': Pritzker says mask mandate stays until hospitalizations dropNov 02, 2021 1:00 am - After receiving a booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the state's indoor mask mandate will stay in place until there's ...
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Gurnee launches programs to help businesses hurt by COVID-19 pandemicNov 02, 2021 1:00 am - Village programs, which could cost Gurnee up to $425,000, are now underway to help small businesses that suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Small business owners can...
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Naperville Elderly Homes board president profiled in Crain's ChicagoNov 01, 2021 11:00 pm - Excerpt from Crain's Chicago Business: As board president, Dave Weeks led a $24 million building and renovation project during the pandemic. He put his business, Weeks F...
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U.S. prisons face staff shortages as officers quit amid COVIDNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and The Marshall Project exploring the state of the U.S. prison system in the coronavirus ...
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Tonga's main island locks down after 1st virus case foundNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Tonga's main island will go into lockdown for a week after the South Pacific nation reported its first case of the coronavirus, the govern...
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Illinois youth unemployment at staggering levels during pandemicNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - At the height of the pandemic, youth unemployment rates skyrocketed in Illinois. In 2020, it soared to a staggering 23.3% — 29% among Blacks and 25.7% among Hispanics. ...
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Moderna: FDA delaying decision on its shot for adolescentsNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — U.S. regulators are delaying their decision on Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 17-year-olds while they study the rare risk of heart inflammation...
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COVID-19's global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 yearsNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy on...
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Of the 843 COVID-19 deaths Illinois recorded in October, nearly 55% were downstateNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - In October, state health officials reported 843 COVID-19 deaths in Illinois, an average of 27 per day. That represents a 17.6% drop from September's 1,023 deaths from CO...
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Cook County warns of fines if people refuse to wear masks indoors at businesses, public placesOct 30, 2021 1:00 am - Four days after Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson refused to enforce the governor's mandate on masking, the Cook County Health Department warned businesses Saturday ...