Rev. Jesse Jackson Moves to Rehab Hospital, Wife in ICU for COVID-19
FILE – In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 file photo, Rev. Jesse Jackson receives the Pfizer’s BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Dr. Kiran Chekka, Covid Administration Physician at the Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Family members say the Rev. Jesse Jackson has been transferred to a hospital focused on physical rehabilitation after receiving treatment for a breakthrough COVID-19 infection.
A family statement released Friday also said his wife, Jacqueline, has been moved to an intensive care unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and is receiving oxygen but breathing on her own.
The Jacksons were admitted to the hospital last weekend. Jesse Jackson, who is 79, was vaccinated. Jacqueline, who is 77, was not.
The family statement says Jesse Jackson’s COVID-19 symptoms are abating but he will receive occupational and physical therapy due to Parkinson’s disease.
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