Coronavirus in Chicago

Some essential workers who were not previously eligible under Illinois’ Phase 1B Plus guidelines now qualify for the COVID vaccine beginning Monday.

Rescheduled dates have been set for most of last summer’s concerts at Wrigley Field that were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Walmart is one of several retailers providing COVID-19 vaccinations to Illinois residents.

Chicago officially moved into Phase 4 of Illinois’ coronavirus mitigation plan, but things won’t be quite the same as other regions under this phase of state’s reopening guidelines.

As Illinois and Chicago enter the next phase of their vaccine rollout, Phase 1B, millions of residents will now be eligible to receive their first doses. The Illinois Department of Public Health has answered some common questions about the mandates and requirements of the vaccine.

Several Chicago-area counties are now under Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions following a change in metrics required to move out of Tier 3 in Illinois. Here’s a full breakdown of the restrictions in place in tier 2.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Thursday that she wants to reopen Chicago restaurants and bars “as quickly as possible,” which she said will be a conversation with the governor.

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Chicago’s quarantine list dropped to 21 states Tuesday as the city updated its travel order, which still does not include Indiana despite warnings from health officials last week.

The state of Illinois surpassed a major milestone on Sunday – more than 4 million coronavirus tests performed since the pandemic began.

Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday released its “final reopening framework,” offering specifics on a remote learning plan the district announced earlier this month.

Illinois’ mask mandate applies “even outside,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday, noting that residents should still be wearing masks even if they’re just walking down the street.

There’s one number Chicagoans should be following most when it comes to coronavirus data being released by the city’s health department, according to the city’s top public health official.

Chicago’s travel order was updated once again Tuesday, with Puerto Rico now on the city’s quarantine list.

In early May, Chicago reached its highest number of daily cases during the coronavirus pandemic so far, crossing 4,000 cases in a massive and unprecedented one-day spike.

Four states, including Wisconsin, were added to Chicago’s emergency travel order Tuesday, requiring anyone visiting or returning to the city from one of now 22 states to self-quarantine for 14 days.

Chicago won’t be adding Indiana to its emergency travel order this week, the city’s mayor said, though she noted the city is “watching all of our neighbors very carefully.”

One of Illinois’ 11 health care regions is “dangerously close” to seeing more restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned Wednesday.

Imagine standing in Chicago, and firing at a foot-square target in Seattle. That’s the precision with which scientists at Lemont’s Argonne National Laboratory are attacking the coronavirus on a daily basis. “So people don’t think of the Department of Energy as working in human health and biology,” says the lab’s Dr. Stephen Streiffer. “But we really have at the...

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are engaged in an all-hands-on-deck effort to find a treatment for the coronavirus. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers has the exclusive report.