Coronavirus Omicron

As COVID cases and hopsitalizations continue to fall in Illinois, some hospital systems are resuming elective surgeries. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty breaks it down.

If you’ve been exposed to someone with COVID and are watching for symptoms, what are some of the first signs you might be infected?

As COVID cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and hospital leaders are urging medical centers to postpone non-emergency surgeries to help keep beds clear for COVID patients.

Soon you’ll have to prove you’re vaccinated to get into many indoor locations in Chicago and Cook County. Illinois has signed on to a digital vaccine verification system that uses a smart health card. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty explains how it works.

With omicron now the dominant strain in the U.S. and cases rapidly rising across Illinois and the country, experts say there are some symptoms that appear prominent with the new COVID variant and differ from what many came to expect with the delta variant.

With a soaring number of COVID cases and testing sites seeing high demand, at-home tests have often become the more convenient option.

Holiday travel is generally a stressful enterprise, but a rapid surge in cases of COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant have caused hundreds of flight cancellations, adding another layer of difficulty to the proceedings.

Holiday travel is generally a stressful enterprise, but a rapid surge in cases of COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant have caused hundreds of flight cancellations, adding another layer of difficulty to the proceedings. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen has the story.