{"id":34135,"date":"2020-05-21T17:21:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T17:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virusreports.net\/coronavirus-in-illinois-updates-heres-whats-happening-thursday\/"},"modified":"2020-05-21T17:21:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T17:21:43","slug":"coronavirus-in-illinois-updates-heres-whats-happening-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virusreports.net\/coronavirus-in-illinois-updates-heres-whats-happening-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here\u2019s what\u2019s happening Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-pb-curated=\"curated\" data-pb-id=\"unnamed-feature\" data-pb-name=\"Article Body (Elements)\" id=\"f0PEJjFAAn9fYr\">\n<div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p data-item-id=\"depth_scroll_top\" data-item-number=\"top\" data-item-type=\"depthscroll\" data-page=\"1\"> Under mounting pressure from thousands of establishments, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday that Illinois restaurants and bars will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/coronavirus\/ct-coronavirus-illinois-pritzker-restaurants-outdoor-dining-golf-20200520-co7snfsaezffpez4o6nhxhrnhq-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">allowed to reopen with limited outdoor seating<\/a> as soon as next week. The alfresco dining option represents a slight softening of the governor\u2019s plan as many neighboring states have moved much faster to allow restaurants to reopen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Meanwhile, the first day of the Illinois General Assembly\u2019s special pandemic session was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/politics\/ct-illinois-legislature-special-session-day-one-20200520-2ope7nh4ufa7pjlzkwbmj3wada-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mix of political drama and showmanship<\/a>. As Pritzker backed off a proposal that would have businesses facing a misdemeanor criminal charge for opening in violation of his stay-at-home order, a Downstate Republican lawmaker was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/politics\/ct-coronavirus-illinois-legislator-removed-no-mask-20200520-vg7y3p45pjex7kq6neo2joyugq-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ejected from the temporary home of the Illinois House<\/a> in a bipartisan vote for not wearing a mask in violation of the chamber\u2019s coronavirus-inspired health rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> <i>Here\u2019s what\u2019s happening Thursday with COVID-19 in the Chicago area and Illinois:<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"header\">\n<p><h2> 10:53 a.m.: Admiral Theatre is among a bevy of adult businesses suing to get a PPP loan. So far, the nightclubs are winning.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Now it\u2019s navigating a legal challenge from adult nightclubs including Chicago\u2019s Admiral Theatre alleging the Small Business Administration shut them out of PPP funding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> At issue is a long-standing SBA restriction on loans to businesses that present live performances of a \u201cprurient sexual nature.\u201d Lawsuits brought by adult clubs in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan argue they should be eligible for federal emergency relief, just like any other small business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> \u201cThis is not an adult entertainment issue,\u201d said Luke Lirot, a Florida attorney representing the Admiral Theater in the lawsuit, which was filed May 8 in Chicago federal court. \u201cThis a guy that sweeps the floor that\u2019s not getting a paycheck issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> On Wednesday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago handed the adult nightclubs a major victory, refusing to block a Wisconsin federal court decision that the SBA couldn\u2019t deny a PPP loan to a Milwaukee gentlemen\u2019s club based solely on the prurient ineligibility standard. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/coronavirus\/ct-coronavirus-ppp-admiral-adult-nightclub-sba-lawsuit-20200521-lngidvs46vexlhespzzz7nlyzm-story.html\">Read more here<\/a>.<i> \u2014Robert Channick<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"header\">\n<p><h2> 9:53 a.m.: Coronavirus \u2018does not spread easily\u2019 on contaminated surfaces: CDC<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> The uncertainty surrounding coronavirus has been a huge source of anxiety throughout this pandemic, as scientists have struggled to uncover not just a treatment for the disease, but also basic facts about its existence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Though many have been concerned about infection through items like groceries or mail deliveries, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently issued updated guidance saying that coronavirus \u201cdoes not spread easily\u201d from touching surfaces or objects. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/coronavirus\/ny-cdc-coronavirus-does-not-spread-easily-on-contaminated-surfaces-20200521-qew7vcei25bedftqv6v3ov67py-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more here<\/a>. <i>\u2014New York Daily News<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"header\">\n<p><h2> 9:28 a.m.: Will Trump wear a face mask at Michigan Ford plant? The company and the state\u2019s attorney general think he should.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> A day after threatening to withhold funds over Michigan\u2019s mail-in ballot effort, President Donald Trump was set to visit the electoral battleground Thursday to learn how the medical breathing machines governors begged for during the height of the coronavirus pandemic are made.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> But hovering over his visit to a repurposed Ford Motor Co. factory in Ypsilanti, outside of Detroit, is whether he will wear a face covering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Trump has refused to wear a face mask in public, a practice that federal health authorities say all Americans should adopt to help slow the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Ford says everyone in its factories must wear personal protective equipment, including masks, and that its policy has been communicated to the White House. Trump wouldn\u2019t commit to wearing a mask at the plant when he was asked about the matter earlier this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/coronavirus\/ct-nw-trump-michigan-ford-plant-face-mask-20200521-meisddrvwjgz3ml6zmmxwxpr3y-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more here<\/a>. \u2014<i>Associated Press<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"header\">\n<p><h2> 9:02 a.m.: State unemployment office has doubled call center staff taking jobless claims, but complaints continue<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> With the release Thursday of weekly jobless claims from the U.S. Department of Labor, Illinois hit a milestone: Since mid-March, when the state\u2019s stay-at-home order took effect, closing nonessential businesses and sending people home, more than 1 million residents of the state have applied for unemployment insurance benefits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> The state office that processes those applications says it has doubled the number of workers in call centers that assist those seeking jobless benefits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Yet on social media and in calls to their elected representatives, applicants continue to complain about busy signals and other problems.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/coronavirus\/ct-coronavirus-illinois-unemployment-office-more-workers-complaints-20200521-xr6nq3b7fbe7bb7omatqdngrpi-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Read more here<\/a>. <i>\u2014Mary Wisniewski<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"header\">\n<p><h2> 7:43 a.m.: Nearly 39 million US layoffs during pandemic; more than 1 million Illinois jobless claims since mid-March<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> More than 2.4 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week in the latest wave of layoffs from the viral outbreak that triggered widespread business shutdowns two months ago and sent the economy into a deep recession.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Roughly 38.6 million people have now filed for jobless aid since the coronavirus forced millions of businesses to close their doors and shrink their workforces, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/ui\/data.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\">Labor Department said Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> With the latest report, Illinois crossed a new threshold as more than 1 million residents have sought unemployment insurance benefits since mid-March. In the most recent week that ended May 16, 72,816 people in the state filed initial claims for benefits, a slight increase from the prior week\u2019s 72,671.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p data-item-id=\"depth_scroll_middle\" data-item-number=\"middle\" data-item-type=\"depthscroll\" data-page=\"2\"> Nationwide, the number of weekly applications for benefits has slowed for seven straight weeks, and last week the figures declined in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Yet historically, they remain immense \u2014 roughly 10 times the typical figure that prevailed before the virus struck. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/coronavirus\/ct-biz-coronavirus-unemployment-pandemic-20200521-2jygua5a5bcotcmyo46ku37n6i-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more here<\/a>. <i>\u2014Associated Press<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"header\">\n<p><h2> 7:01 a.m.: City officials to announce mental health supports for Chicagoans<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Mayor Lori Lightfoot and city Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady were scheduled to hold a news conference Thursday afternoon to announce \u201ca package of mental health supports\u201d for Chicagoans \u201cfacing challenges\u201d because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the mayor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Details of the city\u2019s plans weren\u2019t available Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Mental health experts have said that social isolation driven by stay-at-home orders and other factors keeping people isolated during the coronavirus pandemic have led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/blogs\/stateline\/2020\/05\/12\/fear-isolation-depression-the-mental-health-fallout-of-a-worldwide-pandemic\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\">increases in calls to crisis centers<\/a>. Isolation and stress are often factors in people in substance-abuse recovery programs turning to drugs or alcohol again, even after long periods of abstinence, according to experts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"header\">\n<p><h2> 7 a.m.: Self-swab tests coming to 17 CVS drive-thru sites in Illinois<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> CVS Health on Friday plans to open COVID-19 testing sites at 17 CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations in Illinois, the company said in a news release. A list of the expanded testing sites is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/cvshealth.com\/covid-19\/testing-locations\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\">cvshealth.com\/covid-19\/testing-locations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> The new testing locations will offer only self-swab tests, which will be available to patients meeting age guidelines as well as criteria from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to the company. Patients must register in advance and can begin making appointments for testing starting Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> At the test site, patients should stay in their cars and will be directed to the pharmacy drive-thru window, where they\u2019ll be given a test kit and instructions; an employee will observe the self-swab process to make sure it\u2019s performed properly, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Tests will be sent to an independent lab for processing and results are expected in about three days, according to CVS Health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> The 17 new drive-up testing sites in Illinois are part of the company\u2019s plan to launch nearly 350 new COVID-19 testing locations across 14 states, and the company plans to announce additional testing sites in Illinois and across the country by the end of May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> CVS Health expects to have up to 1,000 locations nationwide offering this service by the end of May, with the goal of processing up to 1.5 million tests a month, pending the availability of testing supplies and lab capacity, according to the news release.<i> \u2014Angie Leventis Lourgos<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"header\">\n<p><h2> 6 a.m.: Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, sun and sand are calling. But when will the beaches open?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> It\u2019s almost beach season along Lake Michigan, the saving grace of cities known for polar vortexes and frost in May, but this summer, the coast might look a little different.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Some beaches will be entirely empty, aside from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/breaking\/ct-monty-rose-plovers-chicago-return-20200504-eqnwq6n7lrburhmcxdlsmnurxu-story.html\">federally endangered bird or two<\/a> attempting to fledge chicks. Some might have joggers and bikers moving along but no stationary picnics or sunbathers taking any prolonged breaks. Some barely exist because of near-record high lake levels and worsening erosion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> For dozens of communities along Lake Michigan, the rules to reopen beaches are a patchwork \u2014 much like the national response to the pandemic. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/coronavirus\/ct-coronavirus-lake-michigan-beaches-20200521-4d4xxbumlrcfznffainkhikhzu-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more here<\/a>. <i>\u2014Morgan Greene<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"header\">\n<p><h2> 6 a.m.: Residents say they are being kept in the dark about COVID-19 as nearly 90 deaths are recorded at low-income housing in Chicago.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> At least three people have died from COVID-19 in the senior citizens\u2019 high-rise where Laura Brownlee lives, including a close friend she visited often.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> But the landlord has said nothing about them to residents, who are more vulnerable to the disease and might want to take extra precautions, like following the advice of city health experts and moving out of such housing when there\u2019s a heightened risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> \u201cThese are senior suites up in here, seems like someone should be coming in and testing everybody,&#8221; Brownlee said by phone. \u201cI\u2019m already afraid it\u2019s all over. And I don\u2019t wanna go out like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, which runs Kingston Place on the South Side, would not comment on the three deaths reported there by the Cook County medical examiner\u2019s office as of May 19. \u201cIn order to respect the privacy of the tenants of the building, we do not release information regarding deaths or those who choose to be tested and are confirmed positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> A Tribune investigation found that residents at subsidized housing across Chicago have been told little, if anything, about COVID-19 cases where they live, even though they are generally older and in poorer health and therefore at higher risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> So far, 89 people in low-income housing in the city have died from complications linked to the novel coronavirus. Half of them were older than 76, an analysis of data shows. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/coronavirus\/ct-coronavirus-senior-public-housing-cha-affordable-units-deaths-20200521-fbzv3b2yofctjfddsa57gxhpza-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more here<\/a>. <i>\u2014Cecilia Reyes and Elvia Malag\u00f3n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"raw_html\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h5>Breaking coronavirus news<\/h5>\n<p>Stay up to date with the latest information on coronavirus with our <a href=\"http:\/\/membership.chicagotribune.com\/newsletters\/subscribe\/lid\/2f7574dd-d92c-4e7f-97cf-18a36d7b1bff\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news alerts.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Here are five things that happened Wednesday that you need to know:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p> Here are five things that happened Tuesday that you need to know:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"text\">\n<p data-item-id=\"depth_scroll_bottom\" data-item-number=\"bottom\" data-item-type=\"depthscroll\"> Here are five things that happened Monday that you need to know:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/coronavirus\/ct-coronavirus-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200521-5btznvqbsjbo5nlro2ac2q76yq-story.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under mounting pressure from thousands of establishments, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday that Illinois restaurants and bars will be allowed to reopen with limited outdoor seating as soon as next week. 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