Chicago moves toward high risk for COVID-19; Lightfoot urges all to get shots

Brenda Torres of the Southwest Organizing Project receives a COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine at a CVS pharmacy in the West Lawn neighborhood in November. (Pat Nabong / Sun-Times file)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who recently tested positive for COVID-19, implored Chicagoans to get updated vaccinations as the city inches closer to being declared a high risk for getting the coronavirus.

“If you haven’t had the COVID-19 vaccine since Labor Day, you’re not up to date,” Lightfoot said at a Thursday news conference.