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Chicago’s top doctor is slated to deliver a COVID-19 update Friday ahead of Halloween and the upcoming holiday season.

As temperatures drop and restrictions like vaccination and mask mandates continue to ease, Chicago area doctors are bracing what they’re predicting to be a “potentially scary cold and flu season.”

Though face coverings are no longer required on public transportation, including on airlines and inside transit hubs, the Chicago Department of Public Health asked that people continue to wear a mask while in airports, if feeling sick.

Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady is expected to deliver a COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon.

Chicago restaurants will be required to only market “healthy beverages” with kids’ meals across the city, according to a new ordinance from City Council.

Two more states were added back onto Chicago’s travel advisory Tuesday, bringing the number of states on the city’s warning list to 42 states, plus the District of Columbia, in the lead-up to the Christmas holiday.