Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday morning is expected to announce a statewide indoor mask mandate for everyone 2 and older as well as a vaccine mandate for all kindergarten through 12th grade and higher education employees to reduce spread of COVID-19, sources told the Daily Herald.
The move would come after Pritzker warned Tuesday of “significantly greater mitigations” if a rise in hospitalizations continues. The governor was asked about expanding a vaccine mandate to all state workers instead of a smaller group of employees who work at congregate settings, such as veterans’ homes, on Tuesday and Wednesday but avoided a direct answer.
On Wednesday, the governor said he was considering multiple options to keep hospitalizations down.
Masks again became required at all indoor public settings in suburban Cook County starting Monday, on County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s orders. The city of Chicago had already required masks indoors. But other suburban and many other downstate county health departments don’t have the power to impose mask requirements.
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