“Non-essential” businesses: Employees of “non-essential” businesses are required to work from home except
for Minimum Basic Operations
Bars and restaurants: Open for delivery, pickup and drive-through only
Entertainment: Closed
Personal care services and health clubs: Closed
Retail: Essential stores are open with strict restrictions; Non-essential stores are closed
How to move to Phase 2:
Cases and Capacity:
Slowing of new case growth
Availability of surge capacity in adult medical and surgical beds, ICU beds, and ventilators
Testing:
Ability to perform 10,000 tests per day statewide
Testing available in region for any symptomatic health care workers and first responders
Phase 2: Flattening
Manufacturing: Essential manufacturing only
“Non-essential” businesses: Employees of “non-essential” businesses are required to work from home except
for Minimum Basic Operations
Bars and restaurants: Open for delivery, pickup, and drive through only
Personal care services and health clubs: Closed
Retail: Essential stores are open with restrictions; Non-essential stores open for delivery and curbside pickup
How to move to Phase 3:
Cases and Capacity: The determination of moving from Phase 2 to Phase 3 will be driven by the COVID-19 positivity rate in each region and measures of maintaining regional hospital surge capacity. This data will be tracked from the time a region enters Phase 2, onwards.
At or under a 20 percent positivity rate and increasing no more than 10 percentage points over a 14-day period, AND
No overall increase (i.e. stability or decrease) in hospital admissions for COVID-19-like illness for 28 days, AND
Available surge capacity of at least 14 percent of ICU beds, medical and surgical beds, and ventilators
Testing: Testing available for all patients, health care workers, first responders, people with underlying conditions, and residents and staff in congregate living facilities
Tracing: Begin contact tracing and monitoring within 24 hours of diagnosis
Phase 3: Recovery
What Phase 3 looks like:
The rate of infection among those surveillance tested is stable or declining. COVID-19-related hospitalizations and ICU capacity remains stable or is decreasing. Face coverings in public continue to be required. Gatherings of 10 people or fewer for any reason can resume. Select industries can begin returning to workplaces with social distancing and sanitization practices in place. Retail establishments reopen with limited capacity, and select categories of personal care establishments can also begin to reopen with social distancing guidelines and personal protective equipment. Robust testing is available along with contact tracing to limit spread and closely monitor the trend of new cases.
What's open:
Gatherings: All gatherings of 10 people or fewer are allowed with this limit subject to change based on latest data & guidance
Travel: Travel should follow IDPH and CDC approved guidance
Health Care: All health care providers are open with DPH approved safety guidance
Education and child care: Remote learning in P-12 schools and higher education; Limited child care and summer programs open with IDPH approved safety guidance
Outdoor recreation: State parks open; Activities permitted in groups of 10 or fewer with social distancing
Businesses:
Manufacturing: Non-essential manufacturing that can safely operate with social distancing can reopen with IDPH approved safety guidance
“Non-essential” businesses: Employees of “non-essential” businesses are allowed to return to work with IDPH approved safety guidance depending upon risk level, tele-work strongly encouraged wherever possible; Employers are encouraged to provide accommodations for COVID-19-vulnerable employees
Bars and restaurants: Open for delivery, pickup, and drive through only
Personal care services and health clubs: Barbershops and salons open with IDPH approved safety guidance; Health
and fitness clubs can provide outdoor classes and one-on-one personal training with IDPH approved safety guidance
Retail: Open with capacity limits and IDPH approved safety guidance, including face coverings
Cases and Capacity: The determination of moving from Phase 3 to Phase 4 will be driven by the COVID-19 positivity rate in each region and measures of maintaining regional hospital surge capacity. This data will be tracked from the time a region enters Phase 3, onwards.
At or under a 20 percent positivity rate and increasing no more than 10 percentage points over a 14-day period, AND
No overall increase (i.e. stability or decrease) in hospital admissions for COVID-19-like illness for 28 days, AND
Available surge capacity of at least 14 percent of ICU beds, medical and surgical beds, and ventilators
Testing: Testing available in region regardless of symptoms or risk factors
Tracing: Begin contact tracing and monitoring within 24 hours of diagnosis for more than 90% of cases in region
Phase 4: Revitalization
What Phase 4 looks like:
There is a continued decline in the rate of infection in new COVID-19 cases. Hospitals have capacity and can quickly adapt for a surge of new cases in their communities. Additional measures can be carefully lifted allowing for schools and child care programs to reopen with social distancing policies in place. Restaurants can open with limited capacity and following strict public health procedures, including personal protective equipment for employees. Gatherings with 50 people or fewer will be permitted. Testing is widely available, and tracing is commonplace.
What's open:
Gatherings: Gatherings of 50 people or fewer are allowed with this limit subject to change based on latest data and guidance
Travel: Travel should follow IDPH and CDC approved guidance
Health care: All health care providers are open
Education and child care: P-12 schools, higher education, all summer programs, and child care open with IDPH approved safety guidance
Outdoor Recreation: All outdoor recreation allowed
Businesses:
Manufacturing: All manufacturing open with IDPH approved safety guidance
“Non-essential” businesses: All employees return to work with IDPH approved safety guidance; Employers
are encouraged to provide accommodations for COVID-19-vulnerable employees
Bars and restaurants: Open with capacity limits and IDPH approved safety guidance
Personal care services and health clubs: All barbershops, salons, spas and health and fitness clubs open
with capacity limits and IDPH approved safety guidance
Entertainment: Cinema and theaters open with capacity limits and IDPH approved safety guidance
Retail: Open with capacity limits and IDPH approved safety guidance
How to move to Phase 5:
Post-pandemic: Vaccine, effective and widely available treatment, or the elimination of new cases over a sustained period of time through herd immunity or other factors.
Phase 5: Restored
What Phase 5 looks like:
Testing, tracing and treatment are widely available throughout the state. Either a vaccine is developed to prevent additional spread of COVID-19, a treatment option is readily available that ensures health care capacity is no longer a concern, or there are no new cases over a sustained period. All sectors of the economy reopen with new health and hygiene practices permanently in place. Large gatherings of all sizes can resume. Public health experts focus on lessons learned and building out the public health infrastructure needed to meet and overcome future challenges. Heath care equity is made a priority to improve health outcomes and ensure vulnerable communities receive the quality care they deserve.
All sectors of the economy reopen with businesses, schools, and recreation resuming normal operations with new safety guidance and procedures.
Conventions, festivals, and large events can take place.
Small Business Administration
Disaster Assistance in response to COVID-19
Illinois Department of Employment Services
If you don't have access to paid sick leave or are without work because of COVID-19, apply for unemployment insurance
What you can do as a business (or atleast have a plan)