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Posts tagged COVID-19 Testing
Three regions leave Tier 3, ease COVID bans
Northwest, southern Illinois join Quad Cities, Bloomington-Normal in reopening museums, allowing low-risk sports, group fitness
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Ted CoxCoronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, COVID-19 Testing, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Restore Illinois, Lori Lightfoot, Ngozi Ezike, J.B. Pritzker, Joe Biden, Mahatma Gandhi, Illinois Department of Public Health
New COVID cases dropping, but not enough
State tops 15K deaths, but Pritzker says cases, hospitalizations ‘seem to be heading in the right direction’
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Pritzker lays out COVID vaccine plan
Health-care workers, long-term-care residents to get shots first, with focus on 50 counties with top death rates
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Guv guards against 'post-Thanksgiving surge'
Pritzker says Tier 3 COVID mitigations to remain in effect at least to mid-December
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COVID-19 pandemic's bitter tiers
Illinois moves to Tier 3 mitigations in effort to turn back latest wave of coronavirus
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Stay-at-home recommendation
IDPH ‘recommends’ Illinoisans work from home, limit outings for next three weeks as COVID cases surge
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Guv welcomes Biden leadership on COVID
Pritzker approves new resurgence mitigations on collar counties, southern Illinois
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'Fight the fatigue,' urges Dr. Ezike
Four regions face renewed COVID restrictions, half of state counties on warning list
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Southern Illinois sees COVID rollback
Restaurants, bars to be closed for indoor service; Pritzker warns of ‘new wave’ of infections
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'It's time to mask up, Illinois'
Pritzker, health officials clamp down on Metro East, warn of Labor Day spread of COVID
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30 counties on notice for COVID, including Cook
State approaches 8,000 deaths in pandemic; suburban Cook, Springfield’s Sangamon County among new additions
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Will, Kankakee counties join Metro East in COVID crackdown
No indoor bar, restaurant service as of Wednesday
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20 counties on notice for COVID
State tops 215,000 cases with 2,208 newly confirmed Friday, along with 24 deaths
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UIUC saliva COVID test OK'd by FDA
Pritzker cheers ‘game changer’ in pandemic, producing faster results at lower cost
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Metro East goes backward on reopening
COVID-19 testing positivity rate of 8 percent prompts renewed restrictions
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COVID-19: 2,000 a day, 200,000 total
IDPH confirms 2,264 new cases, one day after topping 200,000 total; 14 counties warned
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CPS to open school year online
Parent, teacher worries build on science to sway mayor; governor details IDES fraud
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Mind your COVID P's and Q's and the three W's
New coronavirus cases level off at 1,500, but four counties get warning on rising risk of infection
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If you're not wearing a mask, 'the enemy is you'
Pritzker warns Metro East on rising positivity rate on testing as new daily COVID cases approach 1,600 statewide
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Testing, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Restore Illinois, IDES, Lori Lightfoot, Donald Trump
Restore Illinois has worked — for now
ILEPI study lauds state’s reopening in pandemic, but warns Illinoisans to ‘remain vigilant’
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