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Nearly 30 Patients, Workers Test Positive for COVID-19 at Florida Nursing Home
Other residents at the Freedom Square Seminole Nursing Pavilion will be tested and the facility is being cleaned
By Associated Press • Published 31 mins ago • Updated 31 mins ago
About 30 patients and staff members at a Tampa Bay area nursing home have tested positive for the coronavirus and some patients have been taken to three hospitals for treatment, officials said.
Other residents at the Freedom Square Seminole Nursing Pavilion will be tested and the facility is being cleaned, Pinellas County Assistant Administrator Lourdes Benedict told the Tampa Bay Times on Wednesday.
Statewide, there are 1,332 cases in Florida long-term care facilities, according to the latest state data released Wednesday.
Why are some South Koreans who recovered from the coronavirus testing positive again?
SANGMI CHA
SEOUL
REUTERS
PUBLISHED 9 MINUTES AGO
UPDATED APRIL 16, 2020
KIM DO-HOON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
South Korean health officials are investigating several possible explanations for a small but growing number of recovered coronavirus patients who later test positive for the virus again.
Among the main possibilities are re-infection, a relapse, or inconsistent tests, experts say.
South Korea had reported 141 such cases as of Thursday, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC)...