The 94 residents of St. Joseph's Senior Nursing Home in Woodbridge, New Jersey, are deemed presumptive positive for coronavirus.
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.
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.
"The sisters told us on Friday that 12 of their employees were home, feeling ill with respiratory symptoms," Persichilli said in the news briefing."The sisters were working around the clock to take care of almost 90 residents. I don’t know how many were there, but when they called us, I can tell you that it was an extreme situation."
Story continues"I can tell you that the collaboration was extraordinary," she said."They were able to get nurses and aides to go in over the weekend."CareOne, which operates 32 post-acute nursing and assisted living facilities in New Jersey, came up with a plan to bring the St. Joseph's patients to a COVID-19-free location in Whippany, New Jersey.
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