Arwady said, “If you’re planning a 200 person wedding I think by this summer that would broadly be something that you would be able to do… Especially if you do it outside, that really decreases the risk for everybody.”Įarlier in the live Q&A, Arwady predicted that “by late April to early May, at least half of Chicagoans will have been able to get that first dose of vaccine, and that may be even faster.” This would consequently remove city concern about gatherings and large events if the majority of the City was vaccinated by summer. Allison Arwady, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, optimistically revealed that weddings will likely be able to go ahead this summer. In a live virtual Q&A held on Tuesday, Dr. It’s been three months since the first COVID-19 vaccine went into arms in Chicago. With vaccines being widely distributed and the test positivity rate recently falling to the lowest it has been since COVID-19 first hit Chicago, weddings, festivals, and the city’s annual LGBTQ Pride Parade are all possible this summer.įolks, Chicago has officially administered 1 million doses at city sites.
Various officials have confirmed that, despite a very slight increase in cases over the last several days, by summer we should be heading back to some kind of normalcy. “You’re going to be able to have a wedding in the way you want to have a wedding.”
