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The
Rev.Jesse
Jackson
and his
wife
Jacqueline
Brown
have
been
hospitalized
after
testing
positive
for
COVID-19,
according
to a
statement
Saturday.
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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.
The Rev.
Jesse
Jackson
and his
wife,
Jacqueline,
have
been
hospitalized
after
testing
positive
for
COVID-19
according
to a
statement
Saturday,
Aug. 21,
2021. He
is
vaccinated
against
the
virus
and
publicly
received
his
first
dose in
January.
According
to a
statement
released
Saturday
evening,
the
Jacksons
are
being
treated
at
Northwestern
Memorial
Hospital
in
Chicago.
He is 79
years
old.
Jacqueline
Jackson
is 77.
(AP
Photo/Charles
Rex
Arbogast,
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Rev.
Jesse
Jackson,
wife
Jacqueline
hospitalized
for
COVID
apnews.com
CHICAGO
- The
Rev.
Jesse
Jackson,
a famed
civil
rights
leader
and
two-time
presidential
candidate,
and his
wife,
Jacqueline,
have
been
hospitalized
after
testing
positive
for
COVID-19,
according
to a
statement
Saturday.
Jesse
Jackson,
79, is
vaccinated
against
the
virus
and
received
his
first
dose in
January
during a
publicized
event as
he urged
others
to
receive
the
inoculation
as soon
as
possible.
He and
his
wife,
77, are
being
treated
at
Northwestern
Memorial
Hospital
in
Chicago.
“Doctors
are
currently
monitoring
the
condition
of
both,”
according
to the
statement
from
Jesse
Jackson’s
nonprofit,
the
Rainbow/PUSH
Coalition.
“There
are no
further
updates
at this
time,”
the
statement
said.
“We will
provide
updates
as they
become
available.”
A
protégé
of the
Rev.
Martin
Luther
King,
Jesse
Jackson
was key
in
guiding
the
modern
civil
rights
movement
on
numerous
issues,
including
voting
rights.
Despite
having
been
diagnosed
for
Parkinson’s
disease,
Jackson
has
remained
active,
and has
advocated
for
COVID-19
vaccines
for
Black
people,
who lag
behind
white
people
in the
United
States’
vaccination
drive.
Earlier
this
month,
he was
arrested
outside
the U.S.
Capitol
during a
demonstration
calling
for
Congress
to end
the
filibuster
in order
to
support
voting
rights.
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