COVID-19 vaccines will be required at all indoor Chicago businesses in the new year, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is expected to announce today. buff.ly/3spch5Z
Her news conference is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Check back here for live tweets and updates.
Her news conference is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Check back here for live tweets and updates.
• Average daily COVID-19 cases are up 79% in the past week in Chicago, hitting 1,776/day.
• City's positivity rate is at 7.3%, up from 4.1% a week ago.
• Chicago averaging 10 residents dying per day from COVID-19. Highest since last winter's surge.
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• City's positivity rate is at 7.3%, up from 4.1% a week ago.
• Chicago averaging 10 residents dying per day from COVID-19. Highest since last winter's surge.
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For months, some businesses voluntarily checked vaccination status. Other cities have required that. Last week, Cook County urged but did not require all suburban businesses to take that step.
Some biz are voluntarily shutting down in response to surge.
blockclubchicago.org/2021/12/21/cov…
Some biz are voluntarily shutting down in response to surge.
blockclubchicago.org/2021/12/21/cov…
But state & city officials have been slow to roll out safety mitigations in response to the latest surge of COVID.
No new safety reqs have been announced as cases, hospitalizations & deaths have climbed upward for weeks, hitting highest points in months.
blockclubchicago.org/2021/12/21/cov…
No new safety reqs have been announced as cases, hospitalizations & deaths have climbed upward for weeks, hitting highest points in months.
blockclubchicago.org/2021/12/21/cov…
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