The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its quarantine and isolation guidance for those exposed to COVID or those who test positive as cases.
Sixteen cases of the omicron variant have been identified in DuPage County, the first known cases of the variant in the county, health officials announced.
CHICAGO (WLS) The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,022 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 44 deaths on Wednesday as the state gets ready to expand who is eligible for the COVID vaccine.
But there s a catch: no local health departments are going to follow the state s guidelines because there aren t enough vaccine doses currently available.
Multiple county health departments say it could be weeks before they re able to expand vaccine eligibility to people younger than 65 with underlying conditions, despite assurances from the state that supply will soon increase substantially.
Gov. JB Pritzker said federal deliveries to Illinois will increase to 100,000 daily doses by mid-March - nearly double what the state is currently managing.
As Illinois' COVID vaccine supply ramps up, the United Center will be used as a mass vaccination site capable of vaccinating 5,000 to 7,000 people a day, a source close to the situation confirmed to ABC7.