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To:
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Chemical Industry Council of Illinois (CICI) Members
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From:
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Mark Biel, Chief Executive Officer
[email protected] or 217/522-5805
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Re:
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Afternoon Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update – 5,057 Confirmed Cases, 73 Deaths; Chemical Transportation Safety Services; McCormick Place to be Turned into Temporary Hospital; More Updated CICI Member Services
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This afternoon, the Illinois Dept. of Public Health (IDPH) is now reporting a total of 73 deaths out of 5,057 now-confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, which is an increase of 461 new cases since yesterday. In total, 30,446 people have been tested for the virus, an increase of 2,984 new tests since yesterday.
You can see where these cases are occurring at the State of Illinois COVID-19 website which also contains more information on this outbreak. In addition, Western Illinois University has an put together this Map of COVID-19 Cases in Illinois & Surrounding States to give you a better picture of where COVID-19 cases are at in relation to areas surrounding Illinois.
Chemical Transportation Safety Guidance: The National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) has collaborated with the American Chemistry Council (ACC) to further the safety and security of the chemical shippers, carriers, and the general public. NTTC supports sharing the following example guidance from ACC to help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 viruses. This information is shared solely for informational purposes, recognizing that the current COVID-19 status, as well as individual company circumstances, will determine to what extent this approach may be appropriate.
McCormick Place to be Turned into Temporary Hospital. Illinois National Guard and the US Army Corps of Engineers are preparing to turn the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago into a temporary hospital. The goal would be to manage positive cases and contain the COVID-19 virus, but be dedicated to non-acute COVID-19 patients which are not likely to be admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. The aim is to have 500 beds in this facility by the end of the week and then another 500 the week after that, with the overall goal to have 3,000 beds by the end of April. CICI has been assisting secure equipment needed to turn McCormick Place into a temporary hospital.
In addition, two additional alternate care facilities, the former Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, and the Metro South Health Center in Blue Island are undergoing similar efforts to be reopened.
CICI Associate Member Services: A number of CICI Associate and Affiliate members have created Webpages providing relevant and important information for their clients on COVID-19. From here on out, CICI will only be issuing updates on legal information once a week and information of decontamination services twice a week.
If you have not already done so and wish to have your companies COVID-19 information included, please send this information and a brief write-up to Brad Babcook, CICI’s Director of Legislative Affairs at [email protected]
Conn Maciel Carey
Quarles & Brady
Greensfelder Hemker & Gale
Ice Miller
Freeborn & Peters LLP
Thompson Coburn
Thompson Hine COVID-19 Task Force
Seyfarth Shaw
McGuireWoods
HeplerBroom
K & L Gates
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Decontamination Services: If you need to decontaminate and disinfect a site with regards to COVID-19, here is a list of the following CICI members offering such services:
ERC Midwest: https://ercmidwest.com/
Heritage Environmental Services: https://www.heritage-enviro.com/coronavirus/ and Heritage Business Services
SET Environmental: https://www.setenv.com/news-updates/03-2020/bloodborne-pathogen-response-covid-19
Roux Associates: Roux Decontamination, Roux Loss Claims
GZA Environmental - Deep Cleaning & Disinfection Services
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