COVID-19 Vaccines Available for Children 5-11

The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the recommendation that children ages 5 through 11 years to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s expansion of the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children on Oct. 29, 2021.

DuPage County Health Department recommends residents interested in pediatric COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5 through 11 years contact their pediatrician or healthcare provider, local pharmacy, check with their child’s school to see if they are hosting a clinic, or visit www.vaccines.gov to find the soonest available appointment nearest to your home.

State of Illinois Mask Requirement

All people over the age of 2 are required to wear masks in public indoor settings - regardless of vaccination status - due to increased COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates in Illinois. This was issued as an executive order by Governor Pritzker on Aug. 30, 2021. This state mandate applies to indoor spaces such as stores, restaurants, businesses, and government buildings, in addition to facilities with mask mandates already in place, such as schools and healthcare facilities.

To comply with this mandate:

• All visitors to any City facility older than age 2 will be required to wear a mask inside City facilities. City facilities include City Hall, Wheaton Police Department, Wheaton Fire Stations, the Public Works building, Water Division, City Hall Annex, and Wheaton Public Library.
• City employees will be required to wear a mask within City facilities, except when they can consistently maintain 6 feet of distance (such as when they are in their office or cubicle space) and/or are separated by a physical barrier (such as the plexiglass windows visitors see at the Finance, Building and Police Department counters).
• In the event that a visitor does not have a face mask with them when entering a City facility, we will make a disposable mask available to them.

Current State Restrictions

The City of Wheaton is part of Region 8 under the state's Restore Illinois Plan, which includes DuPage and Kane counties. Wheaton is currently in - Phase 5 of the Restore Illinois plan. (June 11, 2021)

See all Phase 5 Guidelines on the Illinois Department of Health's Website.

Governor JB Pritzker’s Restore Illinois plan calls for reopening the state in five phases after meeting key benchmarks. Details regarding the plan and current statistics can be viewed at https://www.dph.illinois.gov/restore.