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By RFD Radio
CHICAGO – The omicron variant hasn’t been detected yet in Illinois, but Gov. JB Pritzker says its only a matter of time before it’s here – if it isn’t already.
He says mitigations like indoor mask mandates aren’t going away anytime soon.
“We are not lifting that, especially not now,” said Pritzker during an unrelated news conference this week. “I’ve said all along that I want to lift it when we start to see hospitalizations really plunge. We’ve not seen that, hospitalizations are going up every day.”
Hospitalizations have increased by more than a thousand statewide since November 4.