Member of Gov. Pritzker s Staff Tests Positive for COVID-19 The individual who tested positive recently received their first dose of the COVID vaccine, according to the governor s office.
Published April 12, 2021 •
Updated on April 12, 2021 at 7:24 pm
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An employee with Gov. J.B. Pritzker s office tested positive for COVID-19 during routine testing Monday, the governor s office said.
The employee was not in close contact with the governor Monday or in previous days, according to the governor s press secretary Jordan Abudayyeh. Get the answer to your most-asked COVID vaccine questions on our mobile NBC 5 Chicago app. Download it here for iOS or Android.
Congressman Rodney Davis joined his Republican colleagues in the General Assembly Monday in calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to support legislation to form an independent commission to redraw congressional and state legislative district maps.
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 â One day before consolidated elections, the Illinois State Board of Elections executive director was placed on administrative leave after being the subject of an online extortion attempt, ISBE said in a news release.
The eight-member elections board voted unanimously on Monday, April 5, to place Director Steve Sandvoss on leave, according to the release.
The board also approved the appointment of Assistant Executive Director Bernadette Matthews to serve as interim director while Sandvoss is on leave.
âThe board also authorized the agencyâs Chief Information Security Officer, Jeremy Owens, to cooperate fully with the law enforcement investigation, as well as conduct an internal assessment of all SBE devices to which Director Sandvoss had access and ensure the security of the Boardâs systems,â the release states.
Updated 4/5/2021 7:02 PM
Illinois COVID-19 vaccine expansion to all residents 16 and older beginning next week is causing concern in Cook and some collar counties about meeting the demand for shots.
More than 80 of Illinois 102 counties have already extended COVID-19 vaccination eligibility, state officials announced Monday, but that s not the case in the Chicago metro area, which is still limiting inoculations to people 65 and older and essential workers.
Eligibility for anyone 16 or older begins April 12. There is a still a great demand for the COVID-19 vaccine in Cook County and across the country, Cook County Health Communications Manager Elizabeth Pedersen said. Appointments are typically gone within the first few hours of being released.