Jeff Smudde / WGLT / WCBU
Originally published on December 14, 2020 5:47 pm
Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to visit Peoria on Tuesday as OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center employees become the first in Illinois to receive the new COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccine will be administered to OSF workers in Peoria at 11 a.m. Tuesday, a spokesperson for the governor said.
The first doses approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration arrived in Illinois on Monday, but officials said there’s still a need for social distancing, face coverings and other mitigations as a full rollout could take months.
While Pritzker hailed distribution of the vaccine, manufactured by the drug company Pfizer, as the “beginning of the end” of the pandemic, many questions are still unanswerable as to the timeline of distribution for future shipments and that of a second potential vaccine.
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Lodge of the Four Seasons, Club at Porto Cima appoint Robin Graf as Chief Operating Officer, General Manager
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The Lodge of Four Seasons and The Club at Porto Cima in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri recently appointed Robin Graf to serve as Chief Operating Officer and General Manager. Graf will oversee operations at both The Lodge of Four Seasons, a 358-room luxury resort property with 36 holes of golf, an award-winning spa and marina; as well as The Club at Porto Cima, a private facility with an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Design, a 17,000 square-foot clubhouse and a Yacht Club.
A proven hospitality industry leader with 30-years of experience, Graf specializes in operations, building extraordinarily successful teams and revenue generation. Prior to his arrival to Lake of the Ozarks, Graf served as the Regional Director of Operations for Provident Hotels and Resorts. Before Provident, he was the Vice President of Operations Hawaii, New Zealand, Saipan for Castle Resort & H
I m proud to report that Illinoisâ first vaccine doses have arrived safely and are now being processed to go to our hospitals. I was elated to witness our first shipment arrive at the Illinois Strategic National Stockpile and have great appreciation to those who made it possible. pic.twitter.com/QgsODzlYhN
â Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) December 14, 2020
For the first time since Tier 3 mitigations took effect last month, Region 6âs seven-day positivity rate is in single digits.
It fell Monday from 10.5 to 9.2 percent, the biggest single-day drop since Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced enhanced restrictions, including the closing of indoor dining, statewide.