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.