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Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady held a media briefing Thursday morning to talk about preparations for new COVID booster shots. While the boosters were authorized by the Food and Drug Administration Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still needs to recommend who should receive the vaccines target the omicron variant before shots can begin.

Discussing asymptomatic COVID cases during Tuesday’s Facebook Live, Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, emphasized the importance of masking and testing as we are moving away from quarantine.

With the spread of several new subvariants of omicron, Chicago’s top doctor is offering advice to residents in the event that they test positive for COVID-19, including the first thing they should do.

Considered the most contagious COVID-19 subvariants to date, BA.4 and BA.5 have fueled surges in case counts across the country, including in the Midwest, where both have become predominant strains.

As two more contagious omicron subvariants take hold across the U.S., you may be wondering what steps to take if you test positive for COVID-19.

Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, said Tuesday that she expects Cook County to move to high COVID-19 community risk in ‘next few weeks,’ and if the mask mandate will return.

One Chicago-area suburb has reached a “high” community COVID risk level, under guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the same time, two additional counties have joined nearly the entire Chicago area in reaching an elevated risk level.

As Chicago moves from ‘low’ to ‘medium’ COVID risk level, Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, shared her recommendations regarding indoor masking and dining at restaurants and bars.

With BA.2 omicron subvariants now representing nearly all COVID cases in the U.S., what symptoms should you be watching for?

Even with COVID cases increasing by 26% in the last seven days, Chicago health officials say that the city remains in a “low community level” risk of COVID transmission, with hospitalizations remaining largely steady despite the increase in cases.

Three out of every five people in the U.S. have COVID antibodies from a previous infection, according to a new study from the CDC. This comes as cases continue creeping up across the country and in Illinois and Chicago. Lauren Petty reports.

With BA.2 omicron subvariants now representing nearly all COVID cases in the U.S., what symptoms should you be watching for?

The Illinois Public Department of Health Thursday issued a public health warning about the rise in cases, saying that residents “should be paying close attention to conditions in their local communities” and urged vaccinations and booster shots for eligible populations. Jen DeSalvo has more.

Across the U.S., there has been a slight increase in cases in recent weeks, with daily confirmed cases nationwide rising from about 25,000 per day to more than 30,000.

COVID cases are slowly back on the rise in Chicago and Illinois.

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday issued a warning as COVID case rates are “slowly rising in many areas of the state.”

With the BA.2 omicron subvariant continuing to spread across Chicago, Illinois and the U.S., what symptoms should you be watching for?

With the BA.2 omicron subvariant continuing to spread across Chicago, Illinois and the U.S., what symptoms should you be watching for?

The “stealth omicron” subvariant has only been the dominant strain of COVID in the United States for less than a month, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now believes that it is responsible for more than 80% of new cases of the virus.

Even as the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois see increases in COVID cases, it doesn’t appear that officials are planning to follow the lead of Philadelphia in bringing back mask mandates to stop the spread of the virus.