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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is set to visit a suburban vaccination site and give a COVID vaccine update Thursday.
Meanwhile, as COVID metrics continue to rise in Cook County, health officials are warning about a potential tightening of restrictions. Get the answer to your most-asked COVID vaccine questions on our mobile NBC 5 Chicago app. Download it here for iOS or Android.
And a new double mutation variant of the coronavirus that was discovered in California and is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States could already be in Illinois, officials said Wednesday.