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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 828

 
2    WHEREAS, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
3(SARS-CoV-2), better known as COVID-19, was first detected in
4Illinois in January of 2020, and the first COVID-19 related
5death in Illinois occurred on March 16, 2020; and
 
6    WHEREAS The first COVID-19 related death in Illinois
7occurred on March 16, 2020, and Governor Pritzker issued a
8stay at home order on March 20, 2020 and extended that order on
9April 1, 2020, signaling that the COVID-19 pandemic would
10endure for the foreseeable future; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Public Health has
12reported nearly 2.8 million cases across all counties and
13almost 30,000 COVID-related deaths; more Illinoisans have died
14of COVID-19 than died serving in World War I, World War II, and
15the war in Vietnam combined; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Thousands of those who have survived COVID-19 are
17still struggling with myriad symptoms of Long COVID-19; this
18range of symptoms can last weeks or months after someone is
19first infected or can appear weeks after infection; and
 
20    WHEREAS, COVID-19 has had costly and disruptive impacts on
21Illinois residents and their families, businesses,

 

 

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1institutions, and local and state governments; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Illinois' network of public health professionals,
3hospitals, and health care systems have battled relentlessly
4to prevent and treat COVID-19 and prevent related deaths; and
 
5    WHEREAS, It is customary in Illinois to remember and honor
6those who have served the people of Illinois in protecting the
7public health and to remember lives lost due to public health
8tragedies such as COVID-19; therefore, be it
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare April 1,
112022 to be a day of remembrance in honor of those who have been
12lost to the COVID-19 pandemic and in recognition of the
13frontline workers who have sacrificed by tirelessly laboring
14to protect the health of Illinoisans.