MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE IN ILLINOIS HAVE NOW RECEIVED THE NEW COVID-19 BIVALENT BOOSTER SHOT. 

VACCINATION RATES HAVE INCREASED RECENTLY, AS THE LATEST BOOSTER PROTECTS AGAINST THE MOST PREVALENT VARIANT, OMICRON. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR DOCTOR SAMEER VOHRA RECOMMENDS EVERYONE ELIGIBLE GET THE SHOT, BUT ESPECIALLY...

PARENTS SHOULD CONSIDER IT FOR THEIR KIDS AS WELL.

VOHRA SAYS KIDS AGES FIVE AND UP SHOULD GET THE BOOSTER AS WELL, IN LIGHT OF A RISE IN SERIOUS PEDIATRIC RESPIRTORY ILLNESS. THE C-D-C RATES 26 ILLINOIS COUNTIES AT AN INCREASED RISK FOR COVID. THE HIGHEST RISK RIGHT NOW IS IN WARREN, KNOX AND SALINE COUNTIES.