Last month, proof of vaccination mandates went into place for restaurants, bars, gyms, and other venues across the Chicago area. But as CBS 2’s Chris Tye reported Tuesday, they could soon be going away.
— Last month, proof of vaccination mandates went into place for restaurants, bars, gyms, and other venues across the Chicago area.Two weeks ago, the city’s top doctor – Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Alison Arwady – said the city’s Omicron wave peaked over the holidays. COVID-19 cases were falling.than they thought they might – and that could speed up the relaxing of rules.
The city of Chicago is now seeing 1,037 new COVID-19 cases per day – a 48 percent drop in a week. The city is also seeing 97 hospitalizations per day – down 41 percent from last week, and 13 deaths per day – down 44 percent from last week.She is now thinking that could get moved up, but she is not getting specific.“Yeah, I am feeling confident that it will be able to come off relatively soon,” Arwady said, and if we keep seeing a 50 percent drop week after week, that could be quite soon.