Gov. JB Pritzker's decision piggybacks on US COVID emergencies changing, as well. Both local and national declarations will change in May.
But the Democratic governor, who endured his fair share of criticism over stay-at-home orders, mask and vaccine requirements, also warned that the pandemic isn't quite over. As of Tuesday, 36,091 Illinois residents had died of COVID-19, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Under the disaster proclamation Pritzker first enacted in 2020, Illinois received federal reimbursements for state pandemic response costs. Illinois was also able to use the State Disaster Relief Fund to cover costs and reimbursements to the Illinois National Guard. SEE MORE: These benefits will disappear when Biden ends COVID-19 national and public health emergencies in May
Should the pandemic worsen, Pritzker would have to make another disaster proclamation in order to issue those sorts of executive orders again.
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