Cook County Board President Preckwinkle quarantines after staff member tests positive for coronavirus

Gov. Pritzker also quarantined this week

ByABC 7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Cook County Board President Preckwinkle quarantines after staff member tests positive for coronavirus
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is quarantining after a member of her staff tested positive for COVID-19.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is quarantining after a member of her staff tested positive for COVID-19.

The board president's office announced Sunday afternoon that the staff member was last in the Cook County Building on Friday.

RELATED: Gov. JB Pritzker in isolation after possible COVID-19 exposure, office says

Preckwinkle will take a COVID-19 test and quarantine until her results return, the office said. She is not currently experiencing any symptoms, county officials said.

Gov. JB Pritzker also had to quarantine this week, after a member of the Illinois Restaurant Association tested positive after meeting with him.

Pritzker has since tested negative for the virus, his office said.