SALISBURY, N.C. — One of the first nursing homes in the Charlotte area to report an outbreak at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic announced Thursday that it has no COVID-19 cases.
The North Carolina State Veterans Home in Salisbury has de-escalated from “Alert Code Red” and said it now has zero positive or presumptive positive COVID-19 cases.
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Channel 9 reporter Mark Becker first broke news about an outbreak at the Veterans Home, where several veterans have died.
Officials said on Thursday that the Veterans Home will begin allowing additional staff and limited vendors to re-enter and begin accepting new admissions.
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Any newly admitted patients will be quarantined for a period of 14 days to monitor for signs and symptoms of COVID-19. The center said it will continue to implement enhanced infection control protocols, “including increased cleaning frequency, postponing communal activities, screening staff, vendors and patients daily, and ceasing visitation with the exception of patients in end of life stages.”
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