WITH CORONAVIRUS CASES SOARING...THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS FAMILIES NEED TO RETHINK HOW THEY USUALLY CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS. 

FAMILY GATHERINGS, WHERE YOU SEE RELATIVES YOU HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR DOCTOR NGOZI (en-gahzi) EZIKE SAYS IT MAY BE JUST TOO BIG OF A RISK TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER THIS YEAR.

WHAT ABOUT TRAVELING?

EZIKE REMINDS THAT EVEN IF YOU AREN'T SHOWING SYMPTOMS, YOU COULD BE CARRYING THE VIRUS AND SPREAD IT TO THOSE AT HIGH RISK, AND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL SOURCES OF EXPOSURE NO MATTER HOW YOU CHOOSE TO TRAVEL.