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Pritzker issues disaster proclamation building on state’s COVID-19 response

Gov. JB Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation Monday, March 9, to unlock additional federal resources and help the state prepare for the potential of further spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. 

Issuing a disaster proclamation is the method of declaring a state of emergency in the Illinois.
 
“As we’ve said from the beginning, the state of Illinois will use every tool at our disposal to respond to this virus, and this is the next step…

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