Mask up, Illinois
By Susie Moore | Aug 26, 2021 9:30 AM ET
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is set to announce today a new statewide indoor mask mandate for all individuals 2-years-old and older. That’s right, dear denizens of the Land of Lincoln, get ready to mask back up.
Oh, and all K-12 and higher education employees will be mandated to get vaccinated, as well.
Per the Chicago Sun-Times:
The facial covering requirement would apply across Illinois to everyone aged two and over, regardless of vaccination status. Chicago and suburban Cook County are already under comparable masking mandates. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle opted to return to them last week.
New vaccine mandates and a return to masking are hot topics as COVID-19 cases rise across Illinois, fueled largely by the more highly contagious Delta variant. All of the state’s 102 counties now fall under the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s high transmission category, painting the state’s public health map a troubling coat of red.
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