WABASH COUNTY IS NOW  ONE OF JUST FIVE ILLINOIS COUNTIES THAT ARE AT AN ELEVATED RISK FOR COVID TRANSMISSION. NO COUNTIES ARE CONSIDERD AT HIGH RISK, AND JUST WABASH, HANCOCK, SCOTT, JOHNSON, AND MASSAC ARE RATED AT A MEDIUM LEVEL OF TRANSMISSION. THAT'S DOWN FROM 20 COUNTIES THE PREVIOUS WEEK. STILL, STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR DOCTOR SAMEER VOHRA URGES PEOPLE TO GET THE LATEST COVID BOOSTER, WHICH WILL PROVIDE SOME PROTECTION AGAINST RECENT VARIANTS. ONLY 19 PERCENT OF THE OVERALL POPULATION HAS DONE THIS, BUT NEARLY HALF OF THOSE 65 AND OLDER HAVE RECEIVED THE SHOT.

YOU CAN FIND A VACCINATION SITE NEAR BY VISITING THE WEBSITE: VACCINES DOT GOV. LAST WEEK...GOVERNOR J-B PRITZKER ANNOUNCED THAT THE STATE'S PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY FOR COVID WILL END IN MAY.