The outbreak is one of the worst clusters of the new coronavirus in the US. FMTNews Covid19US
Family members visit a relative through a window at the Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center earlier this month.
At least 127 elderly people out of the 163 residents of the Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Henrico County have tested positive for the new coronavirus in recent weeks, said its medical director Dr James Wright.“It’s been tough,” Wright, 56, said in an interview with Reuters.Wright told media at a recent news conference: “It’s a battle that at times we feel like we’re losing. It’s a battle that we have to fight every day and night, seven days a week.
But he said the virus has exacerbated an existing staffing shortage, with some staffers refusing to come to work for fear of getting ill.The situation was made even worse by a severe shortage of personal protective equipment such as medical masks and gowns, he said. Of the 97 known coronavirus outbreaks in Virginia, 53 are in long-term care facilities such as Canterbury, state health officials said during a press briefing Monday with Virginia Governor Ralph Northam.
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