Illinois Coronavirus Updates: School Mask Mandate Ruling, New CDC Booster Guidance
CDC Guidance Shortens Time Between 3rd COVID Vaccine Dose, Booster for Immunocompromised Patients According to revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the recommended wait time between booster shot does for “moderately-to-severely” immunocompromised patients has been shortened from five months to three months.
The new recommendation, released during a meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization on Friday,for patients with underlying conditions that make them immunocompromised. Currently, those patients are scheduled to receive three doses, rather than two, of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID vaccine. Those patients were then slated to receive a booster dose at least five months after that third dose. Under the new guidance, those patients should now receive a booster dose at least three months after the third dose of their mRNA COVID vaccine, the CDC says.What If You Test Positive for COVID After Quarantining? Here's What Health Officials Say If you test positive for COVID-19 after quarantining and no longer showing symptoms, do you still have to remain in isolation?, a person is encouraged, but not required to take a coronavirus test after quarantining for five days post-diagnosis. After five full days, a person can end the isolation period should they be fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication and other symptoms have improved, the CDC wrote online. However, the CDC said the best approach would be to find an antigen test towards the end of the five-day isolation period.Illinois to Appeal Restraining Order Issued in School Mask Mandate Suit, Pritzker Says Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday asked that the state Attorney General's office immediately appeal a decision by a downstate judge to implement a restraining order barring schools from enforcing mask mandates, school exclusion protocols and COVID-19 testing requirements. The governor's office issued a news release in which he referred to Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow's decision as"misguided," saying schools may be forced to go remote if they don't have proper tools to keep students and staff safe.As Chicago and Illinois' COVID-19 metrics plummet, the doctor leading America's war against the virus sees signs for hope. Dr. Anthony Fauci shared his message for Illinois residents in an exclusive interview NBC 5’s Phil Rogers. As Chicago and Illinois' COVID-19 metrics plummet from their all-time peaks just weeks ago, the doctor leading America's war against the virus sees signs for hope. "Illinois is actually doing well," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in an interview Friday."The upper northeast and the Midwest, represented by Chicago and Illinois, are doing better in general than the rest of the country."As Metrics Improve, Will Illinois' Mask Mandate End Soon? Here's What Pritzker Says The state of Illinois has seen decreases in COVID cases, positivity rates and hospitalizations in recent weeks, leading some to wonder if mitigations will be rolled back anytime in the near future. Specifically, questions have emerged regarding the future of the statewide mask mandate and how much longer it will remain in effect. Illinois is one of nine states where masks are currently required at indoor public places regardless of one's vaccination status. As metrics have improved amid a decline in omicron variant-fueled cases, Gov. J.B. Pritzker revealed changes may be coming to the state's mask mandate.Chicago Could Lift Vaccine Requirement ‘Not That Long From Now' If Downward Trends Continue: Arwady Chicago's vaccine mandate in place at bars, restaurants and gyms could be lifted"not that long from now" should the city continue to see COVID-19 metrics trending downward, according to Chicago's top doctor. As the city sees coronavirus cases, deaths and hospitalizations quickly decreasing, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said in a Facebook live event Thursday that she hears people asking when the vaccine requirement could be removed. "Not next week, I will tell you that," Arwady said."But if we continue to see the drops like we've been dropping, it would not be that long from now, I think."
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