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Public Health Director Urges Illinoisans to Monitor Local COVID-19 Case Counts and to Protect Themselves by Remaining Up-to-date on Vaccinations
SPRINGFIELD โ The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) issued a warning today that COVID-19 case rates are slowly rising in many areas of the state and that members of the public should be paying close attention to conditions in their local communities and staying up-to-date on their vaccination status. [Read more...]
๐ฟ๐ช๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ข๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ฟ-19 ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ. ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ. ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง ๐พ๐๐๐๐ฟ-19 ๐ฃ๐ช๐ข๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐. ๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฟ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐จ! ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช [Read more...]
Executive Order Returns Schools to Normal Operating Procedures for Infectious Diseases
With Illinois continuing to see vast improvement in recent weeks of COVID-19 hospitalizations and transmission, today Governor Pritzker released an updated executive order lifting the school exclusion requirements, shifting schools back to the ordinary processes for handling infectious diseases. The executive order was initially put in place to standardize CDC requirements for schools and alleviate the burden on overwhelmed local health departments from having to provide individualized recommendations. Now that the COVID-19 surge has subsided, schools and local health departments can return to exercising their longstanding authority to address infectious disease cases among students and staff. [Read more...]
Egyptian Health Department was notified of 2 Gallatin County Resident, 4 Saline County Residents and 1 White County Resident who have passed away due to complications of Coronavirus (COVID-19). We are saddened by this news and our thoughts are with the families. [Read more...]
Egyptian Health Department was notified of one Gallatin County resident, three Saline County residents, and five White County residents who have passed away due to complications of Coronavirus (COVID-19). We are saddened by this news and our thoughts are with the families. [Read more...]
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Egyptian Health Department was notified of one Saline County Resident and four White County Residents who have passed away due to complications of Coronavirus (COVID-19). We are saddened by this news and our thoughts are with the families. [Read more...]
To the communities of Saline, Gallatin and White Counties, Egyptian Health Department would like to say ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ for looking to and following us for your daily COVID-19 updates as this pandemic has gone on for nearly two years. In the past two years, Egyptian Health Department has sent out over 650 COVID-19 updates! We know many of our community members appreciated those updates, and we are extremely proud of all of our employees who have shown their dedication to our communities. [Read more...]
Campaign Features Powerful Testimonials from Illinoisans
With the current surge of COVID-19 cases due to the highly contagious Omicron variant, the State of Illinois launched a new vaccine awareness campaign to explain the power of the life-saving vaccine. The โOn the Fenceโ campaign features 18 meaningful stories from Illinoisans who were initially hesitant but are now fully vaccinated.
As health experts continue to advise unvaccinated individuals to get their life-saving shot, the campaign is directed to residents who are reluctant to get vaccinated. The campaign will roll out over the coming months, including stories from people who reflect the racial and socioeconomic diversity of the state. [Read more...]
