Illinois coronavirus contact tracing, COVID-19 testing concerns cause challenges for pandemic tracking
NewsColony Illinois coronavirus contact tracing, COVID-19 testing concerns cause challenges for pandemic tracking CHICAGO (WLS) — Scientists leading the fight against the global pandemic say rapidly detecting and tracing COVID-19 infections is the only way to isolate infected people from those who are healthy or vulnerable. The I-Team is investigating a slow testing ramp-up in Illinois while the virus spreads unchecked, leaving sick people waiting for answers. ILLINOIS COVID-19 TESTING FACED SLOW START, LAGGING RESULTS “This is real. People are dying,” said Barbara Chalmers. “It was like a battle. It was really like a battle,” she continued, telling the I-Team about her how she says she fought for her life in March. She says she was feverish and unable to sleep or eat right for weeks, all the while waiting for results of a drive-thru COVID-19 test at Roseland Community Hospital. “I just wanted the test results back to find out exactly what had happened and the waiting was just, ju...