Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday joined California and New York and announced he will end his state’s indoor mask mandate by the end of February.
Pritzker said the mask mandate for school kids will remain…for now.
“My intention is as we’ve seen these numbers peak at about 7,400 hospitalizations, and heading downward significantly – we’re now I think under 2,500 hospitalizations, so that’s almost a third of where we were at the peak and heading even further downward – to lift the mask mandate in the indoor locations by Feb. 28,” the governor said. “And that… of course, we still have the sensitive locations of K-12 schools, where we have lots of people who are, you know, joined together in smaller spaces, thousands of people interacting in one location at a time. And so that’s something that will come weeks hence. But very importantly, things are getting better across the state of Illinois.”
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Hold off on celebrating Priztker’s announcement because just two days ago he threatened to reimpose mask mandates if he ever removed the requirement.
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