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Preckwinkle self-isolates after staffer tests positive for COVID-19

Preckwinkle self-isolating after staffer tests positive for COVID-19
WBBM Newsradio/Craig Dellimore

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is self-isolating after a member of her staff tested positive for the coronavirus.

Though she hasn't experienced any symptoms, Preckwinkle was tested and will isolate until her results return, according to a press release from her office. This staff member was last in the Cook County Building on Friday.


Preckwinkle's announcement comes a day after Gov. J.B. Pritzker ended a brief self-isolation period after possibly being exposed to COVID-19.

The governor and his staffers tested negative for the virus, his office announced Saturday.

The possible exposure stemmed from a Monday meeting that took place in a large conference room in the governor's office, according to a statement from the governor's office. The person the governor met with doesn't work in his office.

State health officials on Sunday reported 10,009 news cases, including 42 additional deaths.