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Illinois Department of Public Health reports new COVID-19 P.1 variant found in Chicago

Feinberg researchers find COVID-19 strain from Brazil in Chicago Illinois’ first known case of the COVID-19 variant first detected in travelers from Brazil was found last week by researchers at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Feinberg’s Pathogen Genomics research team identified the strain through sequencing analysis of a COVID-19 specimen, which confirmed it as the P.1 variant first identified in the United States in late January in Minnesota. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the individual — who did not report having traveled out of state — has be...

Chicago and IDPH confirm first case of COVID-19 P.1 variant in Illinois Canton Daily Ledger CHICAGO – The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the first case in Illinois of the COVID-19 variant called P.1. The P.1 variant was first identified in travelers from Brazil during routine airport screening in Tokyo, Japan, in early January but has subsequently been identified in several other countries. A case of P.1 was first identified in the United States at the end of January in Minnesota and has since been identified in several o...

How Peoria became a vaccine leader • Brazilian variant identified in Illinois • California biotech firm moves to Chicago Crain's Health Pulse is your source for actionable, exclusive and inside news on the health care industry. Johnny Milano/Bloomberg PEORIA LEADS THE STATE IN COVID VACCINATIONS: As of March 4, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, 84 percent of county residents 65 or older had received a first dose, two times the rate for Chicago and Cook County.  On Feb. 24, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said that "if Peoria County were a state, it would be No. 2 in the nati...