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State public health director Dr. Ngozi Ezike (pictured) says vaccinations are moving quickly.
“I think from where we are now to Phase Five,” Ezike told a Senate hearing, “maybe not just an on / off switch, but maybe a dial, so there may be one more phase before we get to Phase Five.
“I think the governor is going to release the plan that we have been working on later this week.”
And IDPH deputy director Andrew Friend answered a senator’s question about Cairo.
We have seen that there are opportunities for improvement down in that southern seven (county) region,” Friend said. “So, as we speak, we do have multiple National Guard teams on the ground.”
Illinois Department of Public Health director Dr. Ngozi Ezike shares her experience with getting her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in an educational video distributed by the state s All in Illinois awareness campaign.
SPRINGFIELD â Illinois Department of Public health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said on Monday the state is âgetting closeâ to the next phase of reopening amid increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates and decreasing positivity rates.
Speaking in a Senate Health Committee meeting, Ezike said the state has been working on a phased reopening plan that could be announced by Gov. J.B. Pritzker later this week.
âWe ve been thinking about what the different benchmarks would be to start moving (to the next phase),â Ezike said Monday. âMaybe not just an on-off switch, but maybe a dial so there may be one more phase before we get to Phase 5.â