An entire New Jersey nursing home, 94 people, is presumed to be infected with coronavirus, forcing everyone from the facility to be evacuated, officials said.
While not every patient has been tested, and not all results have returned yet, officials said they had no choice but to assume the worst.And several workers at St. Joseph's, including a nun, also tested positive, leaving staffing shortages that forced Wednesday's move, according to CareOne, which runs a chain of senior facilities in New Jersey.
All of the St. Joseph's patients and residents were taken to CareOne at Hanover, in Whippany, about 30 miles away, on WednesdayAnd to make room for the incoming St. Joseph's patients, all 61 people at CareOne had to be moved on Tuesday in a plan by developed state health authorities, a CareOne representative said Wednesday.
Thirty were transported to a CareOne facility in Morristown, 20 to Parsippany, 7 to Livingston and one more was hospitalized for a condition not related to the coronavirus, the CareOne rep. "So tested positive, so they couldn't co-mingle" with the CareOne Hanover residents, the company rep said. "The families were understanding. Certainly it was an inconvenience, but this is a national health emergency."
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