TN Veterans Homes Report Covid-19

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The Tennessee agency that operates nursing homes for veterans, which had previously boasted that not a single resident or employee tested positive for Covid-19, has now reported that two patients and seven employees have tested positive for the virus.
The two patients and four of the staffers are at the state Veterans Home in Clarksville. An employee at the Humboldt Veterans Home and two staffers at the state Veterans Home in Murfreesboro have also tested positive.'
According to a statement posted on the agency website, the employees who tested positive were sent home. They are all asymptomatic.
Family members of the two residents who tested positive were informed, according to the agency announcement.
Weekly testing of staff will continue, according to the agency statement. And residents will be monitored daily for coronavirus symptoms.
Veterans homes in other states including Massachusetts and New Jersey, have reported multiple Covid-19 deaths.