Illinois Coronavirus Update

COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Contact Tracing is critical to keep Illinois healthy and slowing the spread of COVID-19. 

What is Contact Tracing?  Contact tracing is a long-established, proven health practice that has helped save countless lives.  Public health workers reach out to people who tested positive and their close contacts to provide health guidance, answer questions and offer support. It helps protect you and those closest to you.  Learn more. 

Guidance Information

• Face Covering Resources
  
• For Businesses
  
• For Healthcare Workers
  
• For Homeless Shelters
  
• For Households
  
• For Long Term Care Facilities
  
• For Schools
  
• For Severe Weather Sheltering
  
• For Travelers
  
• Instructions for Healthcare Personnel
  
• Instructions for Healthcare Facilities
  
• Masks Treatable by Battelle
  
• Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System

PPE Decontamination

• Instructions for Healthcare Personnel
  
• Instructions for Healthcare Facilities
  
• Masks Treatable by Battelle
  
• Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System
• State Encourages Hospitals, Healthcare Facilities to Utilize Free PPE Decontamination System
  

Press Releases

• 02/11/21 - Pritzker Administration Deploys Disaster Survivor Assistance Teams to Support COVID-19 Vaccination Sites Across Illinois
  
• 07/07/20 - Apply Today: COVID-19 Reimbursement Available under FEMA’s Public Assistance Program
  
• 06/04/20 - State Announces Community-Based Testing Sites Now Open to All
  
• 06/03/20 - IEMA Reminds Residents When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors
  
• 06/02/20 - Virtual Applicant Briefings Scheduled for Local Governments, Nonprofits and Houses of Worship to Apply for Federal Public Assistance Funding
  
• 05/29/20 - Markham Community Based Testing Site to Move to South Holland as Business Services Resume in Phase 3 of Restore Illinois
  
• 05/22/20 - Governor Pritzker to Give Illinois National Guardsmen Day off in Recognition of Memorial Day
  
• 05/22/20 - State Partners with Reditus Labs to Continue Providing Community COVID-19 Testing in Bloomington
  
• 05/22/20 - Free COVID-19 Testing Site Opens Saturday in Peoria
  
• 05/19/20 - Free COVID-19 Testing Sites Coming to Chicago Southside, Peoria, Champaign and Rolling Meadows
  
• 05/05/20 - New East St. Louis Testing Site Opens Wednesday Offering Free COVID-19 Testing
  
• 05/04/20 - State Encourages Hospitals, Healthcare Facilities to Utilize Free PPE Decontamination System
  
• 04/27/20 - Public Safety Agencies Remind Seniors that Wellness Checks are Safe During COVID-19
  
• 04/22/20 - State of Illinois to Open Two Additional Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Facilities
  
• 04/20/20 - State Activates Alternate Housing Facility in Southern Illinois
  
• 04/13/20 - Do Your Part!IEMA, IDPH Release New Campaign to Encourage Residents to Stay Home during COVID-19
  
• 03/27/20 - State Issues Urgent Call for Medical Volunteers
  
• 03/26/20 - IEMA, NWS Develop Severe Weather Sheltering Guidance to Address COVID-19 Concerns
  

​Public Service Announcements

Steps to Help Protect Against Coronavirus COVID-19