Gov. Pritzker mandates large events cancelled, requests smaller events do same

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the state’s most ambitious social controls yet in an effort to control the spread of the coronavirus.

All events in the state that are expected to draw 1,000 or more people are cancelled for the next 30 days, by order of the governor’s office. Pritzker asked event organizers expecting to draw more than 250 people to cancel as well.

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