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Dr. Ngozi Ezike Reflects, Three Years After First Official Illinois COVID-19 Case

"I've been through the fire," Ezike said of the pandemic's darkest days. "We can keep going through it."

Dr. Ezike sat down with CBS 2's Chris Tye this week to reflect on three years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Ezike sat down with CBS 2's Chris Tye this week to reflect on three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. (CBS)

CHICAGO (CBS) — Former Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said tennis, yoga, prayer, and family dinners grounded her through the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first major COVID challenge for Dr. Ezike came three years ago Tuesday - as a patient fresh from Wuhan, China entered a Hoffman Estates hospital and became just the second official COVID patient in the U.S.

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