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In the Know: Your Daily Coronavirus Update It's Wednesday, Sep. 7th Here are today's top stories. 1 Illinois Coronavirus Updates: COVID Boosters Begin in Chicago, Variant Tracking Chicago unveiled a plan to roll out vaccine doses as doses of the new omicron-specific booster shots began Tuesday. The update aims to target not just omicron, but the BA.5 subvariant that continued its dominance this week. Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic across Illinois today: Read More → 2 BA.5 Subvariant Continues to Dominate, but BA.4.6 Starts to Gain Foothold As new omicron-specific COVID vaccines enter the market, another sublineage of that virus is starting to gain a foothold in the United States. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the BA.4.6 subvariant continued to gain steam this week, now making up an estimated 8.4% of COVID cases. That is up slightly from a week ago, when the subvariant was responsible for an estimated 7.6% of cases in the U.S. Read More → 3 Can You Mix and Match Your COVID Booster Shot? For those who are planning to get a COVID booster shot, will they need to get the same vaccine as their primary series or can they mix and match? The answer depends. Individuals 18 and older are eligible to receive either Pfizer's or Moderna's updated COVID booster shot at least two months after they've received their last booster dose or after they've completed their primary vaccine series, U.S. health officials said. Read More → 4 If You've Already Had a Booster Shot, Can You Get the New COVID Vaccine? The new COVID vaccines designed to specifically target the omicron variant and its highly contagious subvariants come with plenty of questions, including some from those wondering if they can still get the updated booster even if they already had a booster vaccine? The answer is yes, as long as your last booster dose was at least two months ago. Individuals 18 and older are eligible to receive either Pfizer's or Moderna's updated COVID booster shot at least two months after they've received their last booster dose or after they've completed their primary vaccine series, U.S. health officials said. Read More → 5 Watch Live: Chicago's Mayor, Top Doc to Give Update on New COVID Vaccine Boosters NOTE: NBC Chicago will offer a live feed of the address beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the player above. Top Chicago officials are set to give an update on new COVID vaccine booster shots in the city Tuesday. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady, alongside other city leaders, are scheduled to speak at 10:30 a.m. from City Hall. (Watch live in the player above) Read More → 6 Illinois Coronavirus Updates: COVID Vaccine Boosters, City Officials Give Update Chicago's top officials, including the mayor and top doctor, are set to deliver an update on COVID vaccine boosters in the city following the long Labor Day weekend. The update comes as pharmacies across the Chicago area have already started administering the new shot and offering up appointments to get it. Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic across Illinois today: Read More → Got a tip or story idea? tips@nbcchicago.com Follow Unsubscribe | Unsubscribe from this mailing: WMAQ_coronavirus | Change email preferences | Privacy | Terms ©2021 Copyright NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations 30 Rockefeller Plaza - New York, NY 10112