Category Archives: COVID-19

January 7, 2022 - The Joint Crisis Communication Team held a press conference today at the Civic Center to discuss the current surge in COVID-19 cases. Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe, DMH CEO Drew Early, HSH...

January 7, 2022 - The Macon County Health Department is holding the following vaccination clinics next week: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Location: Richland Community College, 1 College Park, Decatur Tim...

January 6, 2022 - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is announcing two new COVID-19 oral antivirals, Paxlovid (Pfizer) and Molnupiravir (Merck), will be available in Illinois later this m...

January 5, 2022 - Two years ahead of schedule, Illinois Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza has made the final $302 million payment on a $2 billion loan the state took out in 2020 to cover COVID-19 expenses...

January 5, 2022 - Tanya Andricks of Crossing Healthcare talks about the increased local positivity rate, the flow of information, coping with the pandemic, masks, and flu season.

January 5, 2022 - Drew Early of DMH talks about their hospital system is seeing an increased number of patients and navigating the pandemic.

January 4, 2022 - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is adopting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation to shorten the interval from 6 months to 5 months for ...

December 30, 2021 - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is adopting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recommendation to reduce the number of days for isolation and qua...

December 30, 2021 - Local healthcare organizations HSHS Illinois, Memorial Health, SIU Medicine, and Springfield Clinic released a joint letter to the community today. You can read it in its entirety ...

December 29, 2021 - The Macon County Health Department will be reporting COVID-19 numbers and related information on a weekly basis. These reports will be released on Mondays unless otherwise noted. T...