during the Fall 2020 semester.
The work of La Salleâs COVID-19 contact tracers in the fall semester focused on mitigating spread of the coronavirus at La Salle in order to keep the campus community as healthy as possible. Approximately 40 students, in small and physically distanced cohorts, maintained regular shifts at a phone bank that was arranged in a vacant office space at St. Benilde Tower, home of La Salleâs School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Others worked their shifts from home. They connected with La Salle students who maintained an active campus presence and alerted the University that they had tested positive. La Salleâs contact tracers asked and answered questions, offered counsel, directed them to University and city resources, and, importantly, aimed to provide peace of mind. They also called those who had tested positive in order to determine others in the La Salle community with whom they possibly inadvertently exposed to the virus.
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At Wesley Enhanced Living Doylestown, the first round of COVID-19 vaccines last week was an emotional moment.
“I cried, and other nurses were teary eyed,” said Maureen Casey, executive director of the 60-bed skilled nursing home where 13 residents have died after testing positive for the virus as of Dec. 29, according to state data.
Casey described the mood at the vaccine clinic on Dec. 30 as filled with positive energy and hopefulness.
Similar sentiments were echoed as vaccine rollouts began in Pennsylvania nursing homes, which are the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic here and nationwide.
Last week vaccinations kicked off in the 693 Pennsylvania licensed nursing homes, according to the state. As of Wednesday, 378 nursing homes started or scheduled clinics including 11 of 32 facilities in Bucks and half the 60 in Montgomery counties.
PFC plans to open other large vaccination sites in the city in the coming weeks. PFC has created the preeminent blueprint for mass clinic design and operations because it maximizes safety, efficiency, and patient privacy, the group said.
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