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Senior Facility Group Trying Out New UV Tech In Fight Against COVID-19

As we wait for vaccines to be distributed to those centers, CBS 2 Morning Insider Lauren Victory shares more about a new technology.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Of the 13,666 people in Illinois who have died of COVID-19 so far during the pandemic, almost half of those who passed were from long-term care facilities. As we wait for vaccines to be distributed to those centers, CBS 2 Morning Insider Lauren Victory shares more about a technology supposedly making seniors safer in the northern suburbs.

The Koelsches proudly shared their story in a YouTube video. Generation built on generation to create more than 30 senior living facilities across eight states, including Illinois; an American dream that hasn’t been immune to the pandemic.

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