CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will quarantine for two weeks at home after a member of his administration tested positive for COVID-19. The staff member had attended events with the first-term Democrat all last week including in Chicago, Marion and Marseilles. The aide tested positive Monday after feeling symptoms. Pritzker and other administration members tested negative the same day. Pritzker’s office says the governor and the staff member were wearing masks during all interactions. According to his office, Pritzker will remain in isolation for 14 days and conduct news media briefings remotely.
Added by WCMY: Gov. Pritzker attended the Gold Star Mothers ceremony at the Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial Sunday.
Gov. Pritzker gives a yellow rose to a Gold Star Mother at the Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial in Marseilles