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State, Public Health Officials Updating House Lawmakers on COVID Vaccinations, Variants

STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE GIVING HOUSE LAWMAKERS AN UPDATE ON COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRESS AND THE DELTA VARIANT. 

 

MORE THAN 59 PERCENT OF THE ILLINOIS POPULATION 12 AND OLDER IS NOW FULLY VACCINATED. ATTEMPTS TO GET MORE PEOPLE THEIR SHOTS CONTINUE, WITH COMMUNITIES HAVING TO GET CREATIVE WITH THEIR EFFORTS. THAT INCLUDES OFFERING THE VACCINE AT CHURCHES, LAUNDROMATS AND FLEA MARKETS AND HAVING "AMBASSADORS" TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE VACCINE. CHICAGO PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER DOCTOR ALLISON ARWADY SAYS THEY ARE OFFERING HOUSE CALLS AS WELL.

 

 

ONE OF THE SPEAKERS WAS U-I HEALTH INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT DOCTOR RICHARD NOVAK, WHO EXPLAINED WHY GETTING MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED WILL HELP STOP COVID VARIANTS.

 

 

ARWADY ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHILE THEY EXPECT SOME COVID CASES TO ARISE AS A RESULT OF LOLLAPALOOZA, THE EVENT ALSO GOT MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET THE SHOT SINCE IT WAS REQUIRED TO ENTER.

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