AURORA, IL (CBS) — Because of a COVID-19 outbreak at a local Illinois unemployment office, one Illinois Department of Employment Security employee said workers are dropping like flies.

We asked the IDES months ago what they were doing to protect the workers many are depending on right now in the event of an outbreak, and now, an outbreak has happened. But their message was clear. They said the state isn’t protecting them. And now, thousands of people who need unemployment help are paying the price.

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