Nursing homes won't see COVID-19 vaccine for days
Credit: (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Family members wave goodbye to NYC nursing home resident after drive-up visit. Public health officials have repeatedly underscored the importance of protecting vulnerable nursing-home residents from the potentially deadly impacts of the coronavirus, given that nearly half of New Jersey’s confirmed COVID-19 fatalities involve long-term-care residents or staff. But despite their inclusion in the group given priority access to the new coronavirus vaccines, residents and staff at long-term care facilities in New Jersey and elsewhere aren’t likely to be...
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