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Illinois changes its COVID-19 contact tracing procedures
SPRINGFIELD, Sick. (KWQC) -The Illinois Division of Public Well being is shifting its COVID-19 contact tracing phone calls to concentrate on a extra strategic strategy of automated case notifications.
Beginning June 1, 2022, the division will not make particular person case investigation calls to individuals optimistic with COVID-19. As a substitute these people will obtain an automatic message. The brand new notification can be deployed through textual content message to all reported optimistic COVID-19 instances and a message will direct callers to sources by way of automated voice prompts in English, Polish, and Spanish. This new contact tracing course of won’t affect investigations of instances in congregate services.
The present contact tracing surge middle, applied in spring 2020, will stop operations on Might 31.
Underneath the brand new system, optimistic COVID-19 instances reported within the Illinois Nationwide Digital Illness Surveillance System (I-NEDSS) will obtain an SMS message in English and Spanish which reads:
“IDPH has essential information for you: Name 312-777-1999 or go to dph.illinois.gov/covidhelp?ch=sms Llame al 312-777-1999 o visite dph.illinois.gov/covidhelp?ch=sms”
The textual content message offers individuals with optimistic COVID-19 instances the chance to name an automatic data line or to click on on the web site hyperlink for added steering on isolation, shut contact notification, and useful resource availability.
Contact tracing was initially meant to assist sluggish the unfold of COVID-19. Now, the change comes with vast availability of vaccines, at-home testing kits, and adjustments in isolation and quarantine steering.
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Illinois’ Bret Bielema Welcomes New Additions To Football Coaching Staff
The Illinois Fighting Illini recently announced two new additions to the football program.
On Thursday, Trent Harris was named assistant linebackers coach while Dele Harding takes over as assistant running backs coach.
Coach Bret Bielema welcomed both to the program.
“Couldn’t be more excitd to have you @trentharris33,” Bielema posted on his X page.
Harris played for the Miami Hurricanes from 2014-17 before a seven-year professional career in the NFL, XFL and UFL.
Harding returns after playing linebacker for the Illini from 2016-19. He began his coaching career as a defensive assistant for the Houston Texans in 2020 under former Illini coach Lovie Smith.
MCCRAY TURNING HEADS IN THE BACKFIELD
A healthy Josh McCray has Bielema excited about the running back position. Not because McCray is full strength but the unit has impressed as a whole.
“I would say I don’t think we have a 1A, I think we got a 1A, B, C, and D,” he said at Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis. “I’m super excited.”
Josh McCray is back after a season he played only five games before a neck injury caused him to miss the rest of the season.
“I think Josh McCray is the best he has ever looked,” Bielema said. “I’m really impressed with where he is at.”
The Illini also have Kaden Feagin, who is coming off a strong freshman season with 405 rushing yards.
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The Chiefs sign former Illinois defensive end
According to Friday’s official NFL transaction report, the Kansas City Chiefs made a roster move on Friday. The team signed former Illinois defensive end Owen Carney, making room on the roster by waiving linebacker Luquay Washington.
Carney checks in at 6 foot 3 and 275 pounds. Now 25, he first joined the league as an undrafted free agent for the Miami Dolphins in 2022, but didn’t make the regular season’s initial roster. That November, the Cincinnati Bengals signed him to their practice squad — and then to a reserve/future contract for 2023. But once again, he didn’t make the team’s regular-season roster.
Over five seasons in Illinois, Carney appeared in 55 games, recording 116 tackles (53 solo, 21.5 for loss), 16 sacks, a forced fumble and three passes defensed.
The Chiefs now have 91 players under contract, with a full complement of 90 players on its active roster. (Offensive tackle Chukwuebuka Godrick has an International Pathway Program roster exemption). We now estimate that the Chiefs have $14.1 million in cap space.
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