CHICAGO, Jun 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, announced yesterday that, the U.S. third largest city will fully reopen on Jun 11, in line with the date of reopening of the U.S. Midwest state of Illinois, ordered by Illinois Governor, JB Pritzker.
The date is three weeks earlier than the target date of July 4, that Lightfoot planned to fully reopen the city.
Under Pritzker’s Phase-Five plan for the state, a full reopening means, Chicagoans and visitors will have few virus-related restrictions starting Jun 11. Businesses, such as restaurants and bars, will face no capacity limits, though they can continue imposing their own restrictions, such as, masking and carding for vaccination status, beyond the Jun 11 reopening.
Large gatherings of all sizes can also return, meaning, there will be no COVID-19-related caps on parties, festivals, weddings, places of worship, conferences and sports events.
But masks will still be required for vaccinated people on public transit, and in airports, schools and hospitals – or in most public settings, for those who are unvaccinated, the local newspaper reported.
Illinois reported 674 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the seven-day average of new daily cases to 637, the lowest level since an average of 622 daily cases was recorded; and 24 additional fatalities, bringing the overall death toll to 22,865, since the pandemic began. In all, there have been 1,383,739 COVID-19 cases recorded statewide.– NNN-AGENCIES
