Infectious Disease Specialist Answers Your COVID-19 Questions

Illinois saw rising positivity rates this week in most of the state’s regions, and an outbreak at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

By Stephanie Kim
Infectious Disease Specialist Answers Your COVID-19 Questions
A shopper and a Walmart staff wear mask and talk each other as another shopper leaves a Walmart retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Thursday, July 30, 2020. Many retail stores are requiring customers to wear face masks inside all of their stores where local governments do not require it amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, limited enforcement at Walmart avoids physical confrontations with customers who refuse to wear mask. Nam Y. Huh / AP Photo
Infectious Disease Specialist Answers Your COVID-19 Questions
A shopper and a Walmart staff wear mask and talk each other as another shopper leaves a Walmart retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Thursday, July 30, 2020. Many retail stores are requiring customers to wear face masks inside all of their stores where local governments do not require it amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, limited enforcement at Walmart avoids physical confrontations with customers who refuse to wear mask. Nam Y. Huh / AP Photo

Infectious Disease Specialist Answers Your COVID-19 Questions

Illinois saw rising positivity rates this week in most of the state’s regions, and an outbreak at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

By Stephanie Kim
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