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All 94 residents of New Jersey nursing home presumed positive for coronavirus
Elderberry:
USA Today by William Westhoven Morristown Daily Record 3/25/2020
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. – The entire resident population of a New Jersey nursing home is being transferred to a similar facility nearby after an outbreak of coronavirus among residents and staff, CareOne and New Jersey Department of Health officials said Wednesday.
The transfer operation was requested by state health officials after assessing the status of St. Joseph’s Senior Nursing Home in Woodbridge, 20 miles south of Newark, where 24 of the 94 patients tested positive for COVID-19. The virus also spread to their caregivers, CareOne executives said, leaving the St. Joseph’s facility severely short-staffed.
In addition to the 24 confirmed cases, all 70 of the other St. Joseph's residents are now presumptive positive, officials said.
CareOne and St. Joseph’s had no prior relationship but "immediately began working with the state and local officials," CareOne Executive Vice President Lizzy Straus said. "The state determined it was in the best interest of both the COVID-19-positive residents and those not impacted by the virus, to transfer all patients to another facility."
More: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/25/whippany-nursing-home-takes-covid-19-seniors-woodbridge-facility/5081292002/
Idiot:
--- Quote from: Elderberry on March 26, 2020, 09:09:41 am ---USA Today by William Westhoven Morristown Daily Record 3/25/2020
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. – The entire resident population of a New Jersey nursing home is being transferred to a similar facility nearby after an outbreak of coronavirus among residents and staff, CareOne and New Jersey Department of Health officials said Wednesday.
The transfer operation was requested by state health officials after assessing the status of St. Joseph’s Senior Nursing Home in Woodbridge, 20 miles south of Newark, where 24 of the 94 patients tested positive for COVID-19. The virus also spread to their caregivers, CareOne executives said, leaving the St. Joseph’s facility severely short-staffed.
In addition to the 24 confirmed cases, all 70 of the other St. Joseph's residents are now presumptive positive, officials said.
CareOne and St. Joseph’s had no prior relationship but "immediately began working with the state and local officials," CareOne Executive Vice President Lizzy Straus said. "The state determined it was in the best interest of both the COVID-19-positive residents and those not impacted by the virus, to transfer all patients to another facility."
More: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/25/whippany-nursing-home-takes-covid-19-seniors-woodbridge-facility/5081292002/
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They all just got a death sentence.
Gefn:
There is a nursing home near me that had two people die on Thursday, and another four in hospital, unknown condition.
I read out of the 71nursing homes in NJ , 43 had the virus. That could be someone’s parent or grandparent. I don’t like those odds...
sneakypete:
I don't understand how something like this is even possible unless some were injected with the virus.
Mod5:
--- Quote from: sneakypete on March 29, 2020, 02:39:33 pm ---I don't understand how something like this is even possible unless some were injected with the virus.
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If you have evidence, post it. Otherwise, it was probably some SNF staff person who had contact with those infected.
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