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(Bloomberg) -- Washington State officials are investigating a potential outbreak of coronavirus at a health facility that cares for elderly, vulnerable patients, after two people at the facility were infected.
Two people at a LifeCare nursing facility in Kirkland, Washington, were diagnosed with the virus, health officials there said Saturday. One is a health-care worker in her 40s, and is in satisfactory condition at a local hospital. The other is an female resident of the facility in her 70s, and is in serious condition at the same hospital, local health authorities said.
In addition, more than 50 residents and staff at the facility have shown symptoms of a respiratory illness, according to Jeff Duchin, health officer for public health in Seattle and King County. Tests of the residents are ongoing.
We are very concerned about an outbreak in a setting where there are many older people, Duchin said on a call with reporters Saturday. Were going to send a team into the facility tomorrow to do an assessment.
About half of the people with symptoms are residents, and half are staff.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/washington-state-is-investigating-potential-outbreak-at-facility/ar-BB10zl2s?li=BBnb7Kz
Not good
Johnny2X2X
(18,731 posts)2 confirmed infection. 52 showing symptoms.
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,881 posts)captain queeg
(10,035 posts)paleotn
(17,778 posts)Facility filled with the most venerable.
getagrip_already
(14,225 posts)What happens when nurses, aids, orderlies, etc are either out sick or potentially infected?
Who cares for existing and new patients? Patients will die just from lack of care. Now take it to a regional level.
That is a nightmare scenario given razor thin staffing even in good times.
ismnotwasm
(41,916 posts)I work in a hospital in Seattle, and while every year is a bad flu year, Im not looking forward to an outbreak, obviously
Karadeniz
(22,267 posts)rustydog
(9,186 posts)Our incident command is handling everything quite well at this point. News agencies have been outside the facility all day .
This is a little sobering seeing the first Covid19 death in America occurred at my workplace.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)Im encouraged by the local response. A bit worried about the Lake Washington Tech nursing students who were there last week. Lets hope the feds help.