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With the ever-growing case numbers and deaths from COVID-19, and the order of the day being to stay at home, people are looking for ways to do something to contribute to the cause. For Jean Huddleston of Champaign and one of her friends, that meant sewing 800 masks, which she has donated to health care workers and first responders.
As we continue to practice social distancing, isolation and loneliness are affecting many- especially seniors. We’ll hear more about how one retirement community is keeping their residents connected through technology.
The country’s transportation workers are performing essential jobs, sometimes putting their lives at risk, during the coronavirus pandemic. We spoke with a central Illinois airline employee and Transport Workers Union of America International Vice President Thom McDaniel about what they're seeing.
On today's 21st, how airline workers taking care of themselves during COVID-19, loneliness in senior living homes and keeping them connected, and some ways people are trying to do good during the pandemic.
At least six men incarcerated in the Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet have died after contracting COVID-19. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, 123 people incarcerated at Stateville have tested positive for the virus along with 65 staff members.
