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The Illinois Department of Public Health recommended all adults receive the COVID-19 vaccine this fall.

The decision goes against recent guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Gov. JB Pritzker also issued an executive order earlier this month requiring IDPH to issue its own guidelines for vaccines amid uncertainty over what the federal government would recommend.

This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) – The Illinois Department of Public Health has recommended all adults get a COVID-19 shot this fall despite federal guidelines that narrowed the group of people recommended for the shot.

IDPH released a standing order on Tuesdays that recommends the COVID-19 v

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