Illinois governor imposes stay-at-home order to curb virus
4 years, 9 months ago

Illinois governor imposes stay-at-home order to curb virus

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s order, which takes effect Saturday at 5 p.m. and is set to expire April 7, still allows the state’s 12.6 million residents to head outside to buy groceries and medicine. “For the vast majority of you already taking precautions, your lives will not change very much,” he said, adding that people can continue to shop for groceries and visit pharmacies, gas stations and banks. Pritzker acknowledged that the state doesn’t have the resources or “the desire” to broadly enforce the order, but he said law enforcement will take action if necessary in individual cases. ___ Follow AP coverage of the virus outbreak at https://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbrea k ___ The Associated Press receives support for health and science coverage from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education.

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Chicago issues stay-at-home advisory and tells residents to cancel traditional Thanksgiving celebrations
4 years, 2 months ago

Chicago issues stay-at-home advisory and tells residents to cancel traditional Thanksgiving celebrations

CNN  

CNN — Thanksgiving typically means two things: lots of food and lots of family time. But this year, with Covid-19 numbers soaring, the city of Chicago would prefer if its residents nixed the latter. As cases of Covid-19 continue to rise in the city, Chicago has issued a stay-at-home advisory – encouraging residents to stay home and only leave for …

Indiana governor keeps mask order, drops other virus limits
4 years, 3 months ago

Indiana governor keeps mask order, drops other virus limits

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Most of Indiana’s coronavirus restrictions on businesses and crowd sizes will be lifted this weekend, but people will still be required to wear masks in public for another three weeks, Gov. The restrictions rollback comes despite Indiana having a 6.6% seven-day average rate of positive COVID-19 tests according to the state health department. Myers, a physician and former …

Gov. Pritzker: 5-part reopening plan dependent on infections
4 years, 8 months ago

Gov. Pritzker: 5-part reopening plan dependent on infections

Associated Press  

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Under pressure to show signs of a return to normalcy, the Democrat unveiled “Restore Illinois,” which indicates that the state has already entered the plan’s second phase. “Here’s the truth and I don’t like it any more than you do: Until we have a vaccine, or an effective treatment or enough widespread immunity that new cases …

Michigan governor extends stay-at-home order through April
4 years, 9 months ago

Michigan governor extends stay-at-home order through April

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday extended Michigan’s stay-at-home order through April, saying it must continue longer to combat the coronavirus pandemic that has sickened more than 21,000 people and contributed to nearly 1,100 deaths. Meanwhile, a Detroit-area health care system with hundreds of COVID-19 patients is seeing “glimmers of hope” as the number of people sent home …

Indiana governor orders residents to stay home due to virus
4 years, 9 months ago

Indiana governor orders residents to stay home due to virus

Associated Press  

Eric Holcomb on Monday ordered Indiana residents to remain at home for two weeks starting Wednesday, except for workers in essential industries or needed trips for groceries and medicine, to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Holcomb’s order, which mirrors orders in adjacent states, begins at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday and ends on April 6 at 11:59 p.m. but he said …

Indiana governor orders schools closed until May 1
4 years, 9 months ago

Indiana governor orders schools closed until May 1

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s governor on Thursday ordered all of the state’s public and private schools to remain closed through at least the end of April as part of the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which has already forced many businesses throughout the state to close and led to a surge in requests for unemployment benefits. “There …

Illinois man who went to Italy is state’s 5th COVID-19 case
4 years, 10 months ago

Illinois man who went to Italy is state’s 5th COVID-19 case

Associated Press  

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Officials on Thursday confirmed a fifth case of COVID-19 in Illinois, though Gov. A man in his 20s from Cook County, which is home to Chicago, contracted the disease caused by the coronavirus while traveling in Italy and is isolated at a Chicago hospital in stable condition, Pritzker said during a news conference at a state Capitol. …

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