circulating. Carnethon said it was too early to know what the risk of long COVID from an omicron

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9, the state health department shifted back to the two related cases threshold — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s suggested definition — and on Friday, officials said they have no plans to return to the looser criteria anytime soon.Is there an outbreak at your child's school?... Students arrive for the first day of school in Chicago on Monday, Aug.... “ The fear and concern that will naturally arise when a school is labeled as having an outbreak and may have to shut down in who

Downstate regions have seen the biggest spikes.... “ I think it’s too soon to say, especially without good case investigation( or) outbreak tracing, ” said Jaline Gerardin, a Northwestern University assistant professor of preventive medicine who works on virus modeling.... “ We certainly know that with vaccination, masking, ventilation and regular testing, going to in-person school doesn’t have to end in infection or exposure.” The rising cases and hospitalizations come as Illinois reopens sch