COVID-19 Across Chicago: Chatham
Clip: 4/6/2020 | 5m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Paris Schutz reports from Chatham on the city’s South Side.
The COVID-19 crisis and related shutdowns are causing extreme distress in communities all across Chicago. Chatham, on the city’s South Side, is home to a high population of African American senior citizens – a group that is doubly vulnerable to severe complications from the disease. Paris Schutz has this report.
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COVID-19 Across Chicago: Chatham
Clip: 4/6/2020 | 5m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
The COVID-19 crisis and related shutdowns are causing extreme distress in communities all across Chicago. Chatham, on the city’s South Side, is home to a high population of African American senior citizens – a group that is doubly vulnerable to severe complications from the disease. Paris Schutz has this report.
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