Rev. Jesse Jackson has been transferred to a rehabilitation facility after spending almost a week in the hospital being treated for COVID-19, his son Jonathan said in a Friday statement.
Jackson's wife Jacqueline, who was also hospitalized with COVID last week, has been moved to the intensive care unit. Jackson, 79, was transferred from Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital to The Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, where he will immediately begin therapy to treat his Parkinson's disease, Jonathan said.
He was diagnosed with the degenerative nervous system disorder in 2015, a condition his son says has come more «in focus» as his COVID symptoms have dissipated.