The Trump administration recommends that nursing homes test all residents and staff for the coronavirus — and then continue to test employees weekly — as part of its plan to relax restrictions at the facilities, officials say
Testing is among several criteria for reopening nursing homes -- which have been hit especially hard by Covid-19 -- laid out by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Tracking Covid-19 cases in the USFacilities should not allow visitors until there have been no new cases in the nursing home for 28 days, which falls into phase three of the administration's Opening Up America Again guidelines. All residents, staff and visitors should wear masks, and employees should have adequate personal protective equipment, according to the agency.
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