CHICAGO — Jacqueline Jackson, the wife of Rev. Jesse Jackson, was released Friday from the hospital after being treated for COVID-19.
“Our mother is leaving the Northwestern Memorial Hospital and coming home,” their son, Jonathan Jackson said in a statement, WMAQ reported. “Our family is grateful to God and the medical team that treated her and that is allowing her body to continue to heal from the COVID-19 virus.”
Jacqueline Jackson, 77, was moved Tuesday from an intensive care unit to a regular room at the hospital. She had been breathing on her own and without supplemental oxygen for a few days.
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Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife had been hospitalized since Aug. 21, WGN reported. He had received his first dose of the vaccine during a publicized event where he urged others to get it. His wife had not been vaccinated because of a preexisting condition.
Jackson has tested negative for the virus after treatment and was moved to a rehabilitation center to receive occupational and physical therapy for Parkinson’s disease, NBC News reported.
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