* Jenny Whidden and Dan Petrella at the Tribune …
Governor JB Pritzker’s administration is expected to unveil a plan later this week that will more gradually move the state from current coronavirus restrictions to a full reopening, officials said on Monday. […]
But at a meeting of the state Senate Health Committee on Monday, the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, said to get “where are we now for phase five, (yeah) maybe not just a power button, but a button, so it can be another phase. ”
Pritzker spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh confirmed that the government is “working on a gradual reopening”. […]
Ezike said the key milestones that will lead to the full reopening include having a majority of elderly people vaccinated, as well as considering general vaccination, and seeing the number of COVID-19-related deaths continue to decline.