Pritzker announces statewide COVID-19 restrictions
Associated Press
Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks April 9 at the Thompson Center in Chicago during the daily update on the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
November 17, 2020
DeKALB – Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday that the state will enter Tier 3 mitigations efforts starting Friday as COVID-19 cases rise in Illinois.
Tier 3 mitigations include retail stores statewide having a 25% store capacity. Indoor recreation centers, including theaters, performing arts centers and indoor museums and amusement centers are set to close, according to the Tier 3 mitigation plan.
“This is not a state-at-home order,” Pritzker said during a news conference Tuesday. “But the best way for us to avoid a stay-at-home order is to stay home. “To slow the spread and until we can begin to bring down the infection rate, you should not attend dinners, events, gatherings or meetings beyond your own household.”
All bars and restaurants statewide are restricted to outdoor service, carryout or delivery under Tier 3 restrictions. Bars and restaurants are set to close at 11 p.m. and may reopen no earlier than 6 a.m. the following day.
Pritzker said gyms can allow individuals to schedule workouts if they wear masks and schools and daycares can choose to remain open.
On Tuesday, the state reported 12,601 new COVID-19 cases and an additional 97 deaths, bringing the overall coronavirus death toll in Illinois to 10,875.
“If you don’t need to do it, don’t do it,” Pritzker said during a news conference Tuesday. “I know that this virus is taking its toll in so many ways. We all want this to be over. We want to fast forward to a world where masks are once again things only doctors wear. Where grandparents can hug their grandchildren.”
You tell us we can’t do something, but you and your family do what ever you want, and as much as you hang around beetle juice from Chicago you two have some big BS going on. A lot of this state can’t stand you two. Your solution is to raise taxes which is BS. That’s why people are moving out of this state.
I support this action and encourage us all to please comply. Things are out of control with this virus and we need to start talking this very seriously and pray because we need a lot of it. #WEAREALLINTHISTOGETHER
I’m so proud of our Governor who is doing a wonderful job to protect our state . People who are angry don’t understand if your dead, you can’t work and won’t be able to provide because you’re dead. Yes, things are tough, but at least you’re alive. So please listen to our Governor, you’re alive because of him. Be grateful, be appreciative. It’s OK to be angry. It’s OK to be frustrated. It’s even OK not to like him, but you need to be thankful for being alive and not dead. Respectfully thank JB Pritzker and stop the hate.