Gov. J.B. Pritzker is ending Illinois’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate for colleges and easing testing requirements for unvaccinated health care workers, despite concerns over new variants that more easily evade immunity.
, which measure both the prevalence of cases and the strain on the health care system.
“We appreciate the measures that the governor has taken to support safe learning and working environments for our students to achieve their educational and career goals,” President Avis Proctor said in a statement.Emergency medical services workers who aren’t fully vaccinated will also be able to avoid routine testing under the new rules.
Pritzker’s decision to leave the vaccination requirement in place for employees in K-12 schools was praised by the leaders of the state’s largest school district and its two largest teachers unions. The governor’s office said the requirement will remain for schools and day cares because children in those age groups “have much lower rates of vaccination than the general public and have less ability to consistently and safely mask.
Some 90,000 CPS students and 30,000 staff members consented in the last school year to participate in the district’s weekly in-school testing program, where 64,000 tests were administered per week in the second half of the school year. CPS said it will continue to offer free testing of consenting students at every school every week.
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