Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s wife Jacqueline released from hospital after COVID-19 treatment
Jacqueline L. Jackson, the wife of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr, has been released from the hospital after receiving treatment for COVID-19, her family said Friday.
"Our mother is leaving the Northwestern Memorial Hospital and coming home," the family said in a statement. "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."
She had been in the ICU after testing positive for the virus. Jacqueline, 77, was not vaccinated.
Her husband Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, remains at The Shirley Ryan Ability Lab where he’s receiving intensive occupational and physical therapy. He has Parkinson's disease and was vaccinated, ABC Chicago station WLS reported.
"We urge all who have not yet been vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus to do so immediately,” the family said in a statement.
The family had announced the couple was hospitalized with COVID-19 on Aug. 21.