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Glenview COVID-19 test site to add Sunday hoursJan 16, 2021 12:00 am - Due to higher-than-expected demand, the testing site at Flick Park Field House in Glenview will add Sunday hours, according to state Sen. Laura Fine, a Glenview Democrat...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Jan. 15Jan 16, 2021 12:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 451,049 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 42.6% of the state's total, according to the Il...
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It's 'confusing,' but it's coming. The latest on COVID-19 vaccinations for suburban seniors.Jan 16, 2021 12:00 am - It's not just the waiting that's the hardest part for seniors eager to be vaccinated against COVID-19. It's the uncertainty over when, where and how they can get inocula...
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EU regulator: Hackers 'manipulated' stolen vaccine documentsJan 15, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The European Union's drug regulator said Friday that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers by hackers have been not only leaked to the web, bu...
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Former Elgin woman remembered for love of “simple pleasures in life”Jan 15, 2021 12:00 am - A former Elgin woman who is remembered for her love of the “simple pleasures in life” has died from complications from COVID-19. Lorelei Wenzel, 77, died peacefully in ...
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As suburbs edge closer to looser restrictions, restaurants get some hope for indoor serviceJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - The suburbs and Chicago will stay under tough restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but trends indicate those could be lifted soon, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Fri...
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Illinois to begin next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations in 10 daysJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - With the state's first case of a more infectious variant of COVID-19 diagnosed Friday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker laid out a vaccination program that includes deploying the Illi...
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Deep South falls behind in coronavirus vaccine driveJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - ATLANTA - The coronavirus vaccines have been rolled out unevenly across the U.S., but four states in the Deep South have had particularly dismal inoculation rates that h...
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Biden's virus plan: 100 million shots just the startJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - WILMINGTON, Del. - Getting 100 million shots in Americans' arms in his first 100 days is only the beginning of his coronavirus plan, President-elect Joe Biden declared F...
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Low-risk high school sports return for some regions, but not in suburbsJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker loosened mitigations in some regions Friday, opening the door for low-risk sports to resume though not in suburban areas. Region 1 (including DeKalb, ...