132,000 shots sets single-day record in Illinois; case positivity lowest ever
Tom Bucalo of Hoffman Estates receives a vaccination from nurse Latasha Brightman Friday at the Cook County Health System s COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Des Plaines. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
The Cook County Health System s COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Des Plaines is in a former Kmart. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Nurse Vanessa Boyd places an adhesive bandage on the arm of Nenita Lucero of Elk Grove Village following her vaccination Friday at the Cook County Health System s COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Des Plaines. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
The Cook County Health System s COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Des Plaines is in a former Kmart.
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SPRINGFIELD Over the objections of Republicans concerned about a “lack of public and media access,” state Senate Democrats on Tuesday cancelled in-person session days for the entire month of February, announcing all upcoming committee meetings and hearings would be held online.
“Given the ongoing pandemic, it makes sense to utilize the Senate’s remote committee meeting authority to continue doing the work of the people,” said John Patterson, spokesman for state Senate President Don Harmon.
The cancelled session days had been scheduled for Feb. 9-11 and 16-18.
“There shouldn’t be any issues. We had dozens of committee hearings over the summer. And they seemed to work really well. So, I think we learned from that process, and we’ll just utilize it for these next couple of session weeks,” Patterson said.
Jordan Abudayyeh…
At the request of members of the General Assembly, any of the 177 state legislators who wish to be inoculated will be allowed to receive their vaccine in Phase 1b. The State of Illinois has urgent and vital business that must be addressed, and we hope that the General Assembly will engage in a robust and productive schedule in coming weeks and months.
Illinois Senate Minority Leader Dan McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, said putting state legislators ahead of transplant patients in the line for COVID-19 vaccines is “ridiculous.”
Illinois has been administering vaccines since Dec. 15. As of Wednesday morning, more than 1 million doses have been administered. Around 1.8 percent of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.