Health officials are urging residents take precautions to reduce spread during what they're calling a tripledemic.
With the holiday season here, there are new concerns about COVID-19 in Chicago and in Cook County. Both have shifted from low to medium alert levels, and health officials again are urging precautions to reduce the spread.
After Thanksgiving weekend, and with more gatherings planned through the end of the year, health officials are expecting to see a spike with the tripledemic: Covid, the flu and RSV. "We're seeing unseasonably high rates for it being this early in the season. And then we're also seeing really high rates for RSV," she said.
"We've seen that actually in previous years," she said."This year, since we have the three viruses circulating together, I would not be surprised if we do see an increase after this past weekend."
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