Health & Fitness
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."

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.