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Illinois will move to Phase 5, the final phase of the Restore Illinois Plan, on June 11, the Governor’s Office said today in a prepared statement. “On Friday, the State will eliminate all capacity limits on businesses, large-scale events, conventions, amusement parks, and all other venues. Mask requirements for vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals continue to align with CDC guidelines.”

 The City of Evanston reported this evening that approximately 85% of Evanston residents 12 and older have received at least one vaccine dose, and

Vaccine Safety for Kids 6 Months and Up Last week, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that in a Phase 3 trial in adolescents 12 to 15 years of age, “the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated 100% efficacy and robust antibody responses, exceeding those recorded earlier in vaccinated participants aged 16 to 25 years old, and was well tolerated.”   “We share the urgency to expand the authorization of our vaccine to use in younger populations and are encouraged by the clinical trial data from adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15,” said Albert Bourla, Chairman and Chief Executive ...

Risk of Community Spread The above charts show that the seven-day averages of new COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Evanston, Suburban Cook County, Chicago, and Illinois. Each area has more than 150 new cases per 100,000 population in the last seven days. The Illinois Department of Public Health says that more than 100 cases per 100,000 indicates a risk of “substantial spread.”  The Center for Disease Control says that more than 100 cases indicates a risk of “high transmission.” [1, 2 and 3] For test positivity in the last 7 days, IDPH uses a target of 5%. CDC says between 5% and 7.9...

State Receives $124 Million in Funding for Vaccinations The State of Illinois will receive an additional $124 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to further expand its COVID-19 vaccination program. Of that amount, $33 million is earmarked for the City of Chicago. The award is part of $3 billion in funding that CDC has granted to 64 jurisdictions to bolster broad-based vaccine distribution, access, and administration efforts. The funding was made available by the American Rescue Plan and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations A...