Advocate Health Care shifting to optional masking policies as COVID-19 cases remain low in Illinois
With COVID-19 cases declining statewide, Advocate Health Care is shifting to optional masking policies and lifting visitor restrictions at all of i...
With COVID-19 cases declining statewide, Advocate Health Care is shifting to optional masking policies and lifting visitor restrictions at all of its Illinois facilities beginning Monday. The new policy, announced Friday, will apply to patients, visitors and staff at Advocate Health's 10 hospitals and 250 care sites in the Chicago area. It is the first easing of masking requirements at the expansive health system since the pandemic hit more than three years ago. 'This is a really big step because we've had mandatory masking in place since the very beginning of the pandemic,' said Dr.