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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mitchell Armentrout

Illinois coronavirus: Pritzker to announce plan to phase out mask mandate on Wednesday, sources say

Gov. J.B. Pritzker takes off his mask before speaking to the media at an event in the Pullman neighborhood in October of 2020. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file

Gov. J.B. Pritzker will lay out a plan on Wednesday to phase out his mask mandate for Illinois residents in most indoor settings, sources said.

Pritzker teased the rollback earlier Tuesday, telling residents to “stay tuned” for an update on the masking policy that has been back in effect for about six months — and which has faced pushback over the past week as Illinois’ COVID-19 metrics sink to the lowest levels seen since the onset of the Omicron variant.

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