New York State Team
After the Ebola crisis in 2014, dire concerns over the deadly disease s threat to New York hospitals prompted staff drills that revealed gaps in pandemic preparedness and foreshadowed how COVID-19 is poised to reshape American medicine.
In Ebola’s wake, mock patients portrayed by actors regularly showed up at dozens of emergency rooms across New York City, reporting symptoms and travel history that should have triggered immediate infection-control measures, such as masking and isolating the patient.
While many hospitals successfully completed the stress tests, about 40% failed at least one drill and it took nearly an hour for some patients to be masked and isolated, federal records show.
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New York s top health regulator faced questions Thursday in a public hearing that comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo s administration faces continued scrutiny.
New York State Team
New York nursing homes will resume indoor visitations on Friday under new rules that ease current COVID-19 testing requirements for visitors and increase the capacity for each facility, state officials said Monday.
The new visitor testing guidelines vary based on the amount of coronavirus cases spreading in each county, state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said during a conference call with reporters.
Among the new rules:
No visitor testing would be required for nursing homes in counties with COVID test positivity rates below 5%, but health officials would still encourage visitors to get tested before entering the facility.