COVID-19 Variant

Cook County Department of Public Health Receives Monkeypox VaccineVaccination, ventilation, and masking recommended as Omicron subvariants spread  Cook County, Ill.— As two highly contagious Omicron subvariants of the COVID-19 virus are spreading in suburban Cook...

Cook County Department of Public Health Receives Monkeypox VaccineDoses are for residents and health workers in suburban Cook County Cook County, Ill.— Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) has received 86 doses of the JYNNEOS monkeypox (MPX) vaccine. The...

Cook County Department of Public Health Statement​Cook County Reaches “High” Level of COVID-19 TransmissionPublic Health Officials Highly Recommend Wearing Masks in Public, Get Vaccinated Forest Park, IL - Due to an increase in the number of positive cases of COVID-19...

Cook County Department of Public Health StatementSuburban Cook County Moving to Medium Level of COVID-19 Transmission Due to an increase in the number of positive cases of COVID-19, suburban Cook County is now at the “Medium” level of transmission. The Centers for...

ORDER OF THECOOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTHNo. 2022-1 COVID-19 MITIGATIONEffective: February 28, 2022   WHEREAS, On January 27, 2020, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services declared that COVID-19, a respiratory illness spread by close...

Cook County Department of Public Health to end Mitigation Order 2021-11 on Monday, February 28, 2022   The Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) is issuing a new mitigation Order, rescinding Order 2021-11 in its entirety. The new Order, Mitigation Order...

Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) plans to lift Mitigation Order 2021-11 on February 28, 2022 The Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) plans to lift Mitigation Order 2021-11 on February 28, 2022. CCDPH will act in alignment with the state of...

COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH STATEMENT ON MASKING IN SCHOOLS   The Cook County Department of Public Health continues to strongly recommend universal masking in PreK – 12 schools. Masking of all teachers, students, and visitors reduces transmission of...

COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH STATEMENT ON COVID MANDATES The Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) anticipates that if key metrics continue to improve through February, the CCDPH vaccination and masking order for suburban Cook County (minus...

COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH STATEMENT ON MASKING IN SCHOOLS As the legal issues regarding the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on the governor’s school mask mandate are analyzed, the Cook County Department of Public Health continues to strongly endorse...