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As the nation prepares for Election Day and the possibility of civil unrest in the following days, the Illinois National Guard is in a “state of readiness” and prepared to respond to communities throughout the state, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said. On Monday afternoon, an NBC 5 photographer captured what appeared to be Illinois National Guard vehicles pulling into Chicago’s...

With the state of Illinois seeing increases in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, Gov. J.B. Pritzker says there are no plans currently in place to turn Chicago’s McCormick Place into a field hospital to deal with a potential surge in patients. The convention center, which was prepared as an emergency field hospital earlier this year before being decommissioned when coronavirus...

As of Friday, the massive emergency medical care facility in McCormick Place was only housing six patients. Now the city plans to take down what cost millions to build. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Plans were underway to deconstruct the alternate care facility for coronavirus patients at the McCormick Place as a result of the “flattening curve” of cases, state and city officials announced Friday. Less than a week earlier, Gov. J.B. Pritzker revealed the facility was being scaled down to 1,000 beds from the originally planned 3,000 beds to reflect the lower number…

State officials announced Friday that the McCormick Place alternative care facility would be phased out as a place for coronavirus patients as the curve flattens in the state. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

As Illinois continues to bend its curve of new coronavirus cases, the alternate care facility at McCormick Place is being scaled down to reflect the lower number of cases in the state. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria has more.

The CEO of Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood says the hospital is losing nurses to a new alternate care facility at the McCormick Place, and as a result, is pleading with state leaders for help. Norwegian American Hospital, a 200-bed safety net hospital, provides care to low income and vulnerable populations on the city’s West side....

As numbers continue to rise in Illinois, McCormick Place is ramping up to begin accepting patients. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday took a tour inside the alternate medical facility. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is scheduled to visit the city’s McCormick Place Friday, which has just completed the second phase of its transformation into an “alternate care facility” to house coronavirus patients.

Update on McCormick place

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot visited the city’s McCormick Place, which has just completed the second phase of its transformation into an “alternate care facility” to house coronavirus patients.

New field hospital will have 500 pressurized tents to reduce the spread of germs. Sandra Torres reports.

Video shows how Chicago’s popular McCormick Place convention center was transformed into an alternate care facility to help treat coronavirus patients.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker toured the McCormick Place, which has been transformed into an “alternate care facility” for coronavirus patients. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot are scheduled to deliver the state’s daily coronavirus update Friday from the alternate care facility set up at the city’s McCormick Place, followed by a tour of the transformed convention center that is now ready to house hundreds – and eventually thousands – of patients.

April 3 briefing: Gov. J.B. Pritzker holds his daily coronavirus press conference from inside Chicago’s McCormick Place, which has been transformed into an alternate care facility for coronavirus patients.

The formerly closed Westlake Hospital will also reopen temporarily to accommodate the overflow of patients. MaryAnn Ahern reports.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker spoke Thursday on several new measures taken to help prevent and treat the spread of the coronavirus including an update after touring McCormick Place as the site transforms into a temporary hospital and the launch of the new “All in Illinois” campaign that reinforces messages that social distancing works. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says that more than 1,100 individuals have applied for temporary medical practice permits to help deal with COVID-19, but more work is left to be done to adequately staff the temporary medical facilities being built around the state. One of those facilities, Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center, will ultimately be outfitted with 3,000 beds to help…

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says that plans to convert part of Chicago’s McCormick Place into a care facility for individuals with the novel coronavirus are progressing quickly, and that the first 500 beds at the facility will be in place this week. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.