Following this week’s expansion of vaccine eligibility to 12- to 15-year-olds, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that Six Flags Great America will offer 50,000 free tickets to their parks in Gurnee and Rockford to newly vaccinated Illinois residents. The value of the donated tickets is $4 million. “Six Flags Great America[Read More…]
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COVID-19 numbers: May 14
% fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 47.9% 42.6% 28.7% 36.81%
Some H-F organizations plan to keep mask requirements in spite of new CDC guidance (free content)
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued updated guidance on mask-wearing. The agency eased the mask recommendation for those who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 . “Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting, except where[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: May 13
% fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 47.6% 42.1% 28.4% 36.54%
COVID-19 vaccination event hosted at GSU on Saturday (free content)
Governors State University and South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association are partnering with Walgreens to host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the university on Saturday, May 15, 2021 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Walgreens will have the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine available for children as young as 12 years old and[Read More…]
Illinois will enter bridge phase on Friday as state continues to ease pandemic restrictions (free content)
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) confirmed the entire state will move into the Bridge Phase of the Restore Illinois reopening plan on Friday, May 14. The Bridge Phase is the final step before the full reopening of Phase 5. Under the Bridge Phase, there are expanded[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: May 12
% fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 47.3% 41.9% 28.1% 36.16%
Vaccination sites to offer Pfizer vaccines to teens aged 12-15 (free content)
Kids aged 12 to 15 can now receive the Pfizer coronavirus vacccine, and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today on Wednesday that vaccination locations across the state are prepared to administer it to them. The announcement comes following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent expansion of[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: May 11
% fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 47% 41.5% 27.7% 35.73%
COVID-19 numbers: May 10
Flossmoor Homewood South District State 46.7% 40.9% 27.4% 35.42%
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