By Walter F. Roche Jr.
Two Pennsylvania veterans homes at opposite ends of the state have been hit with coronavirus, but four others have so far avoided the pandemic.
According to a spokeswoman for the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, five residents and one staffer at the Southeastern Veterans Center in Chester County have tested positive for Covoid-19.
At the Southwestern Veterans Center in Pittsburgh one staffer tested positive, according to Joan Nissley, the agency spokeswoman.
She said there have been no deaths from the virus.
"Our homes have – and will continue – to report positive test results to county, state, and federal public health officials in accordance with CDC guidelines and are ensuring follow-up protocols are accomplished," Nissley said.
Veterans nursing homes in other states have been much harder hit where deaths have been reported at two facilities. Some 25 deaths were recorded at a veterans home in Holyoke, while five were reported at the soldiers home in Chelsea.
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