Published May 10, 2021 •
Updated on May 10, 2021 at 6:56 am
Note: The news conference can be watched live in the video player above beginning at around 9 a.m.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot are expected to deliver an update on Monday about opportunities for more people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Don t miss local breaking news and weather! Download our mobile app for iOS or Android and sign up for alerts.
The two will deliver a joint news conference beginning at around 9 a.m. from the Harris Bank Building in downtown Chicago, according to their public schedules. Pritzker s says the event will be to announce expanded opportunities for Illinois workers to get vaccinated, while Lightfoot s says it will contain updates on Chicago’s vaccination efforts. The news conference can be watched live in the video player above.
Parents React to FDA Decision to Authorize Pfizer COVID Vaccine for 12-to-15 Year Olds
After the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination for children 12 years of age and older, parents are hoping that the move will help to keep more children safe and move the nation past the coronavirus pandemic.
According to data reviewed by the FDA from clinical trials involving more than 2,200 children, the two-shot Pfizer treatment was found to be highly-effective in preventing COVID-19 infections.
The move could pave the way for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to formally recommend the Pfizer vaccine for children, a move that many parents will welcome.
4 Major Illinois Retailers Now Offering Same Day Vaccinations the days of vaccine scarcity are over here in Illinois.
The governor made his comment about vaccine scarcity while filling us in on where we stand in our goal to Reopen Illinois. The governor has targeted next Friday, May 14th, as the day our state moves into what Pritzker has called the Bridge Phase.
The Bridge Phase is slated to be started on the 14th of this month, with a planned full reopening of the state, or Phase 5, starting on Friday, June 11th. The Bridge Phase further loosens restrictions and expands capacities to allow, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), 60 percent capacity at theaters, gyms, offices, retail, museums, and amusement parks. The next stop is Phase 5, or full reopening.