The Omicron variant hasn’t been detected yet in Illinois, but Governor JB Pritzker says its only a matter of time before it’s here – if it isn’t already.
He says mitigations like indoor mask mandates aren’t going away anytime soon.
“We are not lifting that, especially not now. I have said all along, when I want to lift it is when we start to see hospitalizations really plunge, we have not seen that, it is going up.”
Hospitalizations have increased by more than a thousand statewide since November 4.
***Report Courtesy of farmweeknow.com***
