Ted Slowik / Daily Southtown
Thaddeus Jones, Calumet City’s mayor and a state representative, has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, according to a city spokesman. 
Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones, who is also a state representative, tested positive Friday for COVID-19 during a regular test, according to a city spokesman.
Jones has been vaccinated and is in quarantine at home and experiencing “very minimal complications,” according to Sean Howard. His family also has been vaccinated.
Howard said Jones is usually tested every three days and had tested negative as of Tuesday and had not been in City Hall since. Staff members, who have been vaccinated, have been notified of the positive test, according to Howard.
Jones was sworn in as Calumet City’s first Black mayor in May, and represents the 29th District in the Illinois House of Representatives.
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