Watch Live: Pritzker to Give COVID Update for Illinois
Pritzker will be joined by Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike and other health care providers to give the update at 1:30 p.m. from the Thompson Center in Chicago, according to his public schedule. The news conference can be watched live in the video player above.
Walk-In Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Appointments Coming to Kankakee, Other Illinois Counties
As the state of Illinois looks to continue to boost access to the coronavirus vaccine, state officials announced that rural vaccination teams will now provide walk-in appointments for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the coming weeks.
May 5, 2021
Yay!
We are just less than 60 days away from finding our way back to some sort of normalcy. Well, let me put it this way, we will begin to see life as we knew it before the pandemic. There are a lot of things I would like to see change from the way we lived before March of 2020 but that s a whole different blog.
But back to the excitement of reopening the city of Chicago! Get ready, we will begin to see restaurants open, more stores opening back up, concert venues welcoming people and our stadiums inviting fans back too. Things are finally getting back to what we re used to.
New Vaccination Site at Illinois Shooting Complex to Offer 100 Free Target Rounds to Vaccine Recipients
A new vaccination site at a southern Illinois shooting complex will offer COVID-19 vaccine recipients 100 free target rounds, officials announced Tuesday.
According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, anyone who receives the COVID vaccine at the Worldwide Shooting and Recreation Complex in Sparta will also receive 100 free targets of trap, skeet or sporting clays.
“If you come and get vaccinated at the World Shooting Recreational Complex vax site – which is already completely free – you’ll get 100 FREE targets of trap, skeet, or sporting clays, to use any time before the end of October,”Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said. “These vaccines are incredibly effective and protective for the person who gets them, but just as important, they make the whole community safer.