Mayor Lori Lightfoot Threatens To Bring Back COVID-19 Restrictions If Cases Surge
If cases continue to rise, Lightfoot said she’ll reimpose restrictions on businesses and social gatherings.
If cases continue to rise, Lightfoot said she’ll reimpose restrictions on businesses and social gatherings.
Early-stage testing showed the first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems the way scientists had hoped.
Pritzker also defended his decision to let school districts decide whether to have in-class instruction as COVID-19 cases climb.
Students at the community college system with outstanding debt who dropped out over the past decade can get that debt waived and re-enroll.
Some hospitals are forced to call other facilities for hours to transfer COVID-19 patients. Legislators say more transparency is needed.
Transit officials are studying more advanced cleaning methods that might someday automatically disinfect transit systems around the clock.
After initially announcing plans for both in-person and remote classes, Loyola leaders now say most classes will be online.
The recent uptick in cases has again thrown the state into the thorny debate over how to contain the virus without sacrificing the economy.
Nearly 30% of those who tested positive in the last month are between 18 and 29 years old. Those cases are concentrated in the Lincoln Park and New City areas.
With complaints of long waits for the state’s unemployment benefits hotline, the state is also offering another tactic for applying — automatic callbacks.