Rev. Jesse Jackson meets reporters in 2019. | Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Picture By ASSOCIATED PRESS 08/22/2021 06:46 AM EDT CHICAGO — The
CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a famed civil rights chief and two-time presidential candidate, and his spouse, Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after testing optimistic for COVID-19, in response to an announcement Saturday.
Jesse Jackson, 79, is vaccinated in opposition to the virus and acquired his first dose in January throughout a publicized occasion as he urged others to obtain the inoculation as quickly as doable. He and his spouse, 77, are being handled at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
“Medical doctors are presently monitoring the situation of each,” in response to the assertion from Jesse Jackson’s nonprofit, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.