Complaints Businesses Are Not Keeping Shoppers, Staff Safe During Coronavirus Pandemic
Complaints continue to come in about businesses that aren't making moves to keep shoppers and staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Complaints continue to come in about businesses that aren't making moves to keep shoppers and staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wait times for Instacart delivery windows are taking a little longer these days. The shoppers CBS 2 spoke with say they are lured in with the promise of generous tips, but in some cases it has turned nasty after the delivery is made.
The jail might be the hottest spot in the country, a veritable petri dish of despair. Now a woman who likely shouldn't be there is speaking from the inside.
With Chicago's restaurant industry almost at a standstill, tens of thousands of dollars have been donated to help workers depending on tips get by.
Roseland Hospital is getting much praise for being among the first to offer a blood test for COVID-19 and results in as little as 24 hours. But is the turnaround really that fast? CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker looked into the complaints of those who waited much longer.
A lot of people who rent either can't pay their bills or they are having issues with their landlords during the COVID-19 crisis. CBS 2 found attorneys volunteering their time working for Chicago, helping people like one Chicago woman who was just trying to move out.
A mother and daughter from Lake County are recovering from COVID-19, and now they are trying to urge transparency among others who have the virus.
To protect passengers from COVID-19, which can live on surfaces, all CTA trains, buses and facilities are being cleaned. And while the CTA said its cleaning methods are some of the most rigorous in the nation, CBS 2 found New York, which does similar cleaning, has now added an additional step with its metropolitan transportation office buildings and subway trains.
"I implore all Chicagoans and faith leader to celebrate any way you can as long as its done separate and consistent with the social distancing and stay-at-home guidelines."
A second Chicago police officer has died from COVID-19, the police department said Friday.
"It's going to take away a lot of stress, a lot of worry. I no longer how I'm going to get home, or how much this is going to add up. I'm very excited," nurse Jenna Miller said.
Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Illinois now has 17,887 confirmed cases in 83 counties, and 596 total deaths.
A retired postmaster saw CBS 2's coverage of a retirement community in Geneva's pen pal program and wanted to help.
The mayor's office said next week's meeting will have an abbreviated agenda, focused mainly on adopting rules for holding future council and committee meetings by videoconference.
