We spoke with the husband, Tom Panocha, in December. They just did a really good job taking care of me, he said, becoming emotional. They treated me like a person, not an illness. So I appreciated what they did. They just did a real good job taking care of me, Panocha said. They treated me like a person, not an illness. It was almost two weeks before I found out that I had it and I really didn t think I was sick.
Doctor Ngozi Ezike, from the Illinois Department of Public Health spoke Sunday about the rapid spread of the virus.
CHICAGO (WLS) The first known person in the U.S. to contract COVID-19 from someone in the country is thanking the people who helped him pull through.
Healthcare workers at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates who treated that first COVID-19 patient are now getting their vaccinations. Excitement and hope. It has been a long road, St. Alexius nurse Alyssa Miller said. Roll up your sleeve, bite the bullet, and take the vaccine, said Lynwood Jones, medical director for infection control at St. Alexius. I think the problem is that over the past year we have seen enough people sick and enough people die.