225 0 obj <>stream Chicago and Cook County health officials announced plans to revoke pandemic masking and vaccination entry requirements by Feb. 28, the day Illinois statewide mask mandate will be lifted. -An individual 18 years of age or younger who enters a business subject to this Order to participate in an activity sponsored by a school, park district, child care or after-school program, or other organizations as defined in guidance by the Cook County Department of Public Health, -Youth or adults participating in special recreation programs, -Spectators of indoor sporting events provided that no food or drink is being served and that they remain masked at all time, Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Restauranteur George Willborn III said with no masks requires he hopes to see a bump in revenue at his restaurant Truth Italian Restaurant in Bronzeville. 1500 E Euclid AveMount Prospect, IL 60056. The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? Minneapolis College of Art and Design: All students, faculty and staff working or studying on campus must be fully vaccinated. she said. / CBS Chicago. Employees at such venues will also need to either be vaccinated or wear a mask and show proof of weekly negative COVID-19 tests. Diners at Lou Mitchell's in the West Loop area were mulling over the big transition Thursday morning. Washington County: Employees and visitors are required to wear masks in county facilities. Red Lake Reservation: All people who enter the reservation for employment or business services must be vaccinated, with exceptions for pregnant women, people with certain medical conditions, children younger than 12 and for religious reasons. 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. NBCUniversal Media, LLC. The rules mirror those that Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced earlier this week for the city of Chicago. Moorhead Area Public Schools: Masks are required indoors for all staff, students and visitors. WebCook Countys vaccine is critical for the health of mandate and a employees requirement to maintain safe in-person operations. Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. hallways, gym, program spaces, restrooms, etc.). Gyms and fitness venues, including, but not limited to, gyms, recreation facilities, fitness centers, yoga, Pilates, cycling, barre, and dance studios, hotel gyms, boxing and kickboxing gyms, fitness boot camps, and other facilities used for conducting indoor group fitness classes. Hennepin County: Employees, contractors and volunteers are required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or comply with regular testing. With the full Food and Drug Administration approval of Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine, St. Marys will require all students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated, with exceptions. For one thing, unvaccinated people can easily enter vaccine-only spaces, because vaccine cards are notoriously easy to fake, and because some cities have been accepting a negative test, up to three days old, in place of proof of vaccination. The order is mandated for all suburban Cook County towns except for Skokie, Evanston, Oak Park and Stickney Township, who all have their own municipal health departments. Meanwhile, the new BA.2 subvariant of Omicron has been detected in Chicago, but Dr. Arwady said it is in very small numbers. The decision to phase out statewide pandemic protocols coincides with announcements this week that New York, New Jersey, California, Delaware, Connecticut, Nevada and Oregon will do the same. 2:05 P.M. UPDATE: City indoor mask mandates and vaccine rules will ease on Feb. 28, Mayor Lightfoot says. College of St. Scholastica: Students, employees and visitors are required to wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status. Please enter valid email address to continue. "We're seeing ourselves on the downward slope of this Omicron surge.". Vaccinated You can show proof of vaccination with a physical card, a picture of your card, or through the state's new Smart Health Card pass on your phone. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Fridley Public Schools: The school district will require every person in their buildings to wear a mask when classes start this fall, regardless of vaccination status. CPS late Tuesday said its mask mandate will remain in place. Churches, schools, grocery stores, office buildings, and residential buildings also are exempt from the proof of vaccination mandate, according to the mayor. "So moving in this direction of it no longer being required, I'm certain there will be a percentage of people who will be reluctant to come out into public spaces," he said. Volunteers, vendors and students will also be required to be vaccinated. A million ways. Visitors to the Minnesota Children's Museum who are 5 and older are required to mask up, regardless of vaccination status. That safety margin gets even slimmer when you account for how leaky these vaccine requirements have been. We do not profess to know all the answers during this stressful time and we 100% understand your individual concerns, frustrations and stresses. Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. Minnesota Orchestra: Proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID test from the last 72 hours is required for entry into Orchestra Hall. Minnesota Zoo: Face masks are required when visiting indoor trails for everyone 3 and older. 0 Ely Public Schools: Face coverings are required for all K-12 students, staff and visitors in all indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status. Suburban Cook County will also join Chicago in requiring proof of vaccination for such spaces. Face coverings will also be required for staff and visitors who cannot maintain 6 feet of social distancing with students. St. Paul: Face masks required inside city-owned buildings. WebWe would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Published February 28, 2022 Updated on February 28, 2022 at 7:42 am. A graph tracking new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in suburban Cook County as of Dec. 22, 2021. The University of Minnesota has brought back its mask mandate. For another, vaccinated people are more likely to be infected with Omicron than they were with Delta, especially if theyre not boosted. The amendment allows those 18 and younger to be exempt from vaccination for most athletic, recreation and fitness activities, according to tweet from the health department. Pritzker has warned Illinoisans to keep masks handy. Olmsted County: Masks required in all county government buildings. Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191: Staff, students and visitors over age 3 must wear masks in schools. Dunwoody College of Technology: Face masks required on campus until the college reaches a vaccination threshold of at least 80 percent. The county's order - which includes all suburbs except for Evanston, Skokie, Oak Park and Stickney - calls for proof of vaccination for customers age 5 and older at indoor settings where food or drink are served, including bars, restaurants, entertainment venues, fitness facilities and more. "Well, I think after 2020 we all feel a little uncomfortable moving forward about how we submerge ourselves in large groups, but, personally, I think it's something we just have to take our chances with," diner Jevon Smith said. Students in those groups who choose not to get vaccinated will be subject to weekly testing. Great Wolf Lodge: All guests ages 5 and older are required to wear a face covering in all public areas of the resort, with some exceptions. President Frank Fox disagrees with the vaccine requirements for staff and customers. St. Johns University: All students must be vaccinated for the fall semester. Guests are also required to wear masks in these venues. Nicollet County: Face coverings required inside all county government buildings. Since Jan. 3, city officials have required everyone dining, drinking or exercising indoors to show proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. -An individual 18 years of age or younger who enters a business to participate in a school activity or after-school program offered by a K-12 public or non-public school. Masks are also required for all ticket holders regardless of vaccination status. Anyone 16 and older will also need to show identification matching their vaccine record. Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said the city has reached a point where, at a gathering of 50 people, there's only about a one in five chance that someone in the group is positive for COVID-19. Minnesota Historical Society: Everyone is required to wear a mask indoors at historic sites and museums, regardless of vaccination status. ", The Chicago Teachers Union was supportive of CPS' decision saying: "Masks remain critical part of COVID mitigation. ", "We have made great progress in recent weeks against this virus, and we do not want to jeopardize that progress by moving too quickly. As with the state, the changes would not apply to public transit, health care facilities or schools, and business owners can still impose stricter requirements if they want to. In early March 2022, a national database tracking COVID-19 vaccine experienced a change causing IDPH to update its procedures for pulling vaccine data from the database. Associated Press. We are on track to come out on the other side of this latest COVID storm in better shape than even the doctors expected, Pritzker said at a news conference Feb. 9. The state's most populous county will lift its mask and proof-of-vaccine requirements on Feb. 28. St. Louis Park Public Schools: All students and staff must wear masks while indoors and on school buses. Hennepin County: Employees, contractors and volunteers are It's possible, but I think it would be foolish to say we would never expect to see another variant. and Terms of Service apply. Minnesota State: Minnesota's public colleges, universities, technical and trade schools are requiring vaccines for students who live in college- or university-owned or managed residences; students in intercollegiate athletics and students who are required to be vaccinated for certain internships. The United States, Illinois and Cook County are in the early stages of a large surge of COVID cases due to the Omicron variant. New York City, for example, fired 1,430 city workers for failing to comply with its vaccine mandate (Fitzsimmons, 2022). Make a gift of any amount today to support this resource for everyone. -Any person entering a business for the purposes of voting in an election, or assisting or accompanying a voter or observing an election. See How All 50 Wards Voted in the 2023 Chicago Mayoral Election, Winners, Runoffs, Races Too Close to Call: A Look at Where Things Stand in the 2023 Chicago Election, Election Results: See How All 50 Wards Voted in Chicago's Aldermanic Elections, Who is Brandon Johnson? Minneapolis: Face masks required inside city-owned buildings for those 2 and older. In Chicago and Cook County, a vaccine mandate remains in place, which requires residents age 5 and older to provide proof of COVID vaccination before But The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the risk of COVID-19 spread increases in a restaurant or bar setting as interactions within six feet of others increase. Gov. Minnesota Transportation Museum: Masks are required. All city employees are required to be fully vaccinated, or face the prospect of being put on unpaid leave, or fired. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Cook County officials are following Chicago's lead, and will require many indoor businesses in the suburbs to require customers ages five and older to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 beginning in the new year. Cook County Department of Public Health. At the same, some Cook County suburbs included in the mandate are choosing not to implement it. Jeffrey Duchin, the health officer for Seattle and surrounding King County (where community vaccine requirements were lifted on March 1), told me that he doesnt think mandating two shots (or one, for the Johnson & Johnson gang) in restaurants is useful anymore when the evidence shows that an additional dose provides much greater protection. The city noted its indoor mask mandate also remains in effect. He also hinted his superseding state mask mandate could return if case rates rebound, requiring Cook County residents to mask up again even if the local order is revoked. 2021-11, joining the City of Chicago in requiring certain indoor establishments (including restaurants, gyms and fitness centers, and entertainment venues) to verify the COVID-19 vaccination status of patrons five years of age and older, effective January 3, 2022. t 217.528.8800 f 312.212.5277 e info@illinoispolicy.org, Copyright 2023 Illinois Policy | Illinois' comeback story starts here. None of this is to say that lifting vaccine mandates now is the obvious path forward. Establishments where food or beverages are served and intended for on-site consumption. COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Cook County deputies will have more time to comply with the COVID vaccine mandate. This order impacts participation at the River Trails Park District. Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools: Masks are required indoors and on district transportation for early childhood through eighth grade, plus for staff and visitors who work with or are around those age groups, regardless of vaccination status. We're glad that CPS will continue to honor the safety agreement that our members sacrificed four days of pay last month.". In a statement issued Feb. 9, the Cook County Department of Public Health announced its vaccination and masking orders can be lifted in consistent with Illinois' Gov. However, the governor did not offer any specific threshold for COIVD-19 metrics to rescind his executive order for schools. Why are some programs eligible to participate and other not under the Cook County mandate? And at the end of the day we're targeting restaurants, entertainment centers and gyms yet again," Pekau said. "Thanks to your compliance, we were able to keep people safe, bump up our vaccination rates, and keep our economy open," she said. University of Minnesota: The University of Minnesota will add the FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine to those already required for students. 26,029,750 Doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Illinois, representing 76.1% of Illinoisans receiving two vaccine doses or the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine. Chicago will end its indoor mask mandate and will no longer require that restaurants, fitness centers and bars demand proof of vaccination from customers on Monday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Tuesday. Additional information with specific procedures will follow shortly. Masks are required for anyone 2 and older, All people in district buildings during classroom hours are required to wear masks, fully vaccinated or get a religious exemption by Dec. 3, people who have been vaccinated, are under 12 years old or have a medical exemption, proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result, Masks are required both indoors and outdoors, required to show either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test, ticket holders are required to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test, required to provide proof of full vaccination, Proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID test, Face masks are required when visiting indoor trails, required to show proof of a full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID test, required to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test. After clinical trials with children were completed, kids as young as 5 years old can now get the life-saving vaccine. Daisy Murillo, 20, of North Riverside, receives a booster shot against COVID-19 at Cook Countys Forest Park Community Vaccination Site at 7630 Roosevelt Rd. But the mayor said the city is able to lift the mask and vaccine mandates for businesses thanks to the ongoing decline in COVID-19 cases in Chicago. CDPH COVID-19 Update: Cook County at High COVID-19 Community Level Based on CDC Metrics July 15, 2022 Chicagoans should stay up-to-date with vaccines and boosters, and mask indoors COVID-19 Joint Information Center media.coronavirus@cityofchicago.org Hopkins Public Schools: Masks are required indoors and on school buses for all students, staff and visitors, regardless of vaccination status. Chicago and Cook County health officials said they will lift the citys proof of vaccination requirement and indoor mask mandate by Feb. 28, nearly two years under COVID-19 mitigations. Nonresident performing artists who do not regularly perform or render services in a covered location, or a nonresident individual accompanying such a performing artist, while the performing artist or individual is in a covered location for the purposes of such artist's performance; Nonresident professional athletes or a nonresident individuals accompanying such professional athletes, who enter a covered location as part of their regular employment for purposes of the professional athlete/sports team competition; Anyone under age 18 who enters a covered location to participate in an activity organized by a school or after-school program offered by any pre-kindergarten through grade twelve public or non-public school; and. Customers who are only entering a business for 10 minutes or less to pick up an order. Hospitalizations and deaths have also decreased by nearly half during that time. Photo by Bruce Silcox | Courtesy of Minnesota Children's Museum, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth officials. Fox's Pizza in Orland Park draws dozens of people for lunch. M Health Fairview: The COVID-19 vaccine is required for all employees by Oct. 31, with limited exemptions. The video featured is from a previous report. Gustavus Adolphus College: Students must be vaccinated, though exemptions may be requested. Customers will have to provide a valid photo ID if they're at least 16 years old, as well as their vaccination card or a photocopy; or else a digital record, or printed record of their vaccination status. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy Cities, counties, reservations, MSP airport, Masks are required in all city facilities, Library visitors 2 and older are required to mask up, Face masks required inside city-owned buildings, Masks required for people 2 and older inside terminals and on airport property, Masks are required in all county buildings, Employees and visitors are required to wear masks in county facilities, students must be vaccinated for the fall 2021 semester, Masks are required for people who are not fully vaccinated while indoors, must be vaccinated for the fall 2021 semester, St. Marys will require all students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated. As of Tuesday, approximately 69% of the city's eligible population has been fully vaccinated, and 76.5% of those eligible have had at least one dose of the vaccine. Entertainment venues include, but are not limited to, movie theaters, concert venues, live theater and music spaces, sports arenas, bowling alleys and arcades. Naomi Sharif is also cautious as we move toward life that seems a little more normal. Exceptions include an assigned apartment or residence hall without guests or when alone in an office or study area. Artists will not be required to wear masks while rehearsing or performing on stage, but are required to be vaccinated. "I think its unacceptable. Knowing this, it is also critical that we are 100% compliant with masks which are required inside any of our facilities and programs in the public spaces (e.g. The vaccines look great, and there's some new science out suggesting that they remain protective. Beginning Jan. 19, you will need to provide a proof of vaccination or negative test taken within 72 hours if you visit a place Cloud in central Minnesota in April to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. Please understand, we are giving youth ages 5-12 years an extension to accommodate for the late 2021 access to the vaccine since the window of access for them was unrealistically short. Additionally, anyone attending films, concerts, exhibit openings and special events must provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test from the last 72 hours. WebCook County Earned Sick Leave Ordinance and COVID-19 The COVID-19 Vaccination Rights for Employees and Employer Obligations Ordinance went into effect on July 1, 2021. If an employer requires employees to be vaccinated and a COVID-19 vaccine appointment is during an CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago and suburban Cook County health officials said they anticipate that the city's proof of vaccine requirement and indoor mask mandate will lift around the same time as the state's, but many residents say they'll be keeping their face coverings on. However, the reversal of the mask mandate will not apply in the Chicago Public Schools. Augsburg University: All students, staff and faculty are required to wear masks indoors. Lightfoot took office in 2019 after winning more than 73% of the vote in a runoff against Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Businesses will be required to post signs regarding the proof of vaccination requirement. The school has also voted to require school employees to get COVID-19 vaccines or get tested weekly. St. Catherine University: All students, faculty and staff are required to be vaccinated, unless the school approves a medical, religious or other exemption. I think all of us are very hopeful that we might be able to never put masks back on, Pritzker said at a news conference Feb. 9. story Americans are generally more willing to accept vaccine requirements that apply to people who spend a lot of time in high-risk settings (for example, hospital and prison workers) than those that cover wide swaths of the population (all college students, say, or every employed adult). The policy will go into effect Oct. 15. They must complete their series by Nov. 1. As the new Cook County COVID vaccine mandate nears, Orland Park board members will vote on whether to allow businesses to enforce the mitigations. The Cook County Department of Public Health said it also anticipates that if key metrics continue to improve, the vaccination and masking orders for suburban Cook County, except for Evanston, Skokie, Oak Park and Stickney Township, who said they are still reviewing what to do, can be lifted in the same timeframe Pritzker laid out Wednesday. We announced them in August. Rochester: Masks are required in all city facilities. TINLEY PARK, IL Tinley Park Mayor Mike Glotz announced the village will not enforce Cook County's latest vaccine mandate once it takes effect Jan. 3. The new proof of vaccination rule has raised some concerns for local businesses who are working out how to enforce it and avoid friction with customers. 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