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ALBANY, N.Y. - No new patients are being admitted to Albany Medical Center s oncology unit, after dozens of patients and staff there have been infected with COVID-19. At least 26 staff and 22 patients in the cancer unit have been infected since November, and the union representing nurses has said at least one person has died of COVID complications. .
Nurses union: Third Albany Med COVID-19 outbreak on cancer ward prompts state action
Dozens of patients and nurses infected in 3 months, according to nurse s letter to DOH
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Editor s note: This story was updated after publication to include information from Albany Medical Center Hospital.
ALBANY The state Health Department ordered changes Friday to coronavirus protocols on Albany Medical Center s oncology floor after a third COVID-19 outbreak in three months that has sickened dozens of patients and staff, according to the New York State Nurses Association.
The action came after an anonymous nurse s complaint to the state last month, NYSNA said.