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Nursing homes prepare for historic vaccination effort

EditorFox NewsDecember 20, 2020

On March 11, the staff of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale New York gathered: The coronavirus had arrived.

“We are on our own,” said President and CEO Daniel Reingold, who immediately began to secure PPE for his 1,200 staff members and as much Clorox as possible.

Without testing and proper PPE, long-term care centers nationwide were largely left to fend for themselves, particularly in the early days, and later the virus decimated residents. More than 110,000 people have died in these facilities, accounting for about 39% of total COVID-19 deaths in the U.S.

DESPITE PRECAUTIONS, NEW YORK NURSING HOMES STILL VULNERABLE TO CORONAVIRUS, REPORT FINDS

But on Monday, help will arrive. As part of a federal-private partnership, thousands of Walgreens and CVS pharmacists will deploy to begin a historic effort to vaccinate 4.5 million residents and staff at about 55,000 nursing homes and assisted living facilities nationwide.

In fact, Walgreens …continued .
[Source: Fox News]

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