Governor JB Pritzker announced changes to the mask mandate for healthcare workers and facilities, with face coverings no longer required.
Also, face masks are no longer required in all healthcare facilities unless they are located in a high community transmission area.
"Thanks to the tremendous efforts of our health care workers and residents, Illinois has done better at keeping our people safe with vaccines, boosters, and masking, which puts us in a position to continue to scale back health care requirements in line with the CDC," said Governor JB Pritzker. "COVID-19 is on its way to becoming endemic, like the flu, but it still poses a real threat to our immunocompromised and disabled communities.
The amended order also removes the state-issued vaccine mandate for long-term care and healthcare employees, falling in line with CDC guidance.
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