Aug 4, 2020 | News and Events
August is National Immunization Awareness Month CALL 815-740-8143 for Will County Health Department Immunizations Appointment SPRINGFIELD – Although school will look different this year because of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), whether it’s remote learning, in...
Aug 4, 2020 | News and Events
Public Health Campaign Uses Real-Time Data to Allocate Resources to Communities with Greatest Risk; Illinois Mask Mandate Went into Effect May 1 Monday, August 3, 2020 – Governor, Office of the Springfield, Ill. — Governor JB Pritzker launched a new $5...
Jul 30, 2020 | News and Events
The Will County Health Department (WCHD) wishes to remind the public that the Coronavirus pandemic is far from over, and that precautions that are advised must be heeded to and taken seriously. Illinois is seeing an uptick in Coronavirus cases since July 4th, and the...
Jul 29, 2020 | News and Events
“We are currently working with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to address reports of unsolicited shipments of seeds from foreign countries. Anyone who receives unordered seeds in the mail should contact the Illinois Department of Agriculture...
Jul 27, 2020 | News and Events
COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease that is transmitted from person-to-person, mainly through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or speaks. The spread is much more likely if you have been within six feet of an infected person...
Jul 22, 2020 | News and Events
WILL COUNTY – The Will County Health Department will be ramping up its contact tracing program for COVID-19 on Monday, July 20, utilizing a “best practice” for tracking communicable diseases. As part of Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois plan, health departments must...
