Our veterans and elderly deserve better than this :-(
‘It’s a sinking ship’: COVID-19 deaths triple at state-run vets nursing home as families clamor for information
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
By WILLIAM BENDER | The Philadelphia Inquirer | Published: April 25, 2020
CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. (Tribune News Service) — They’re dying.
Almost every day over the last two weeks, military veterans and their spouses have been dying at a top-rated, state-run nursing home in Chester County ravaged by the coronavirus.
One, two, four a day.
The death toll nearly tripled over a five-day period at the sprawling, 283-bed Southeastern Veterans’ Center complex in a wooded stretch of East Vincent Township, near the Schuylkill. As of Friday, 26 residents who had tested positive for COVID-19 or were presumed to be infected have died, according to the Chester County coroner.
“They’re sitting ducks, the veterans,” said Nadine Bean, daughter-in-law of a 95-year old World War II veteran who lives there.
Bean, a clinical social worker, said families as a whole have been happy with their loved ones’ care, and the staff amenities at the five-star nursing home, which has a waiting list and is run by the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. But as the state agency scrambles to contain the coronavirus, the nursing home has concealed the true scope of the deaths and outbreak from vet center families.
Nearly 150 total coronavirus cases confirmed on cruise ship in Japan
Posted on April 25, 2020By Kate Kelland and Raphael Satter
TOKYO (Reuters) – Nearly 150 cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed among crew members of an Italian cruise ship docked in Japan after health authorities finished testing everyone on board, an official said on Saturday.
The Nagasaki prefecture official said 57 more crew had tested positive, bringing the total infections on board the Costa Atlantica to 148, roughly one quarter of the vessel’s 623 crew members.
Authorities began testing after one crew member tested positive for the virus earlier this week. No passengers are on board the vessel, which has been docked in Nagasaki in southwestern Japan since February for repairs and maintenance after the pandemic prevented scheduled repairs in China.
https://www.metro.us/nearly-150-total-coronavirus/