Kristen Jordan Shamus and Christina Hall
Detroit Free Press
For the first time in nearly a year, visitor restrictions on nursing homes in Michigan are easing up, allowing families to see their loved ones in person again regardless of how much COVID-19 is spreading in the community, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday. We know that this virus has taken a disproportionate toll on our seniors and the isolation and the time apart has been taxing on everyone with loved ones in long-term care facilities, Whitmer said. Under the new guidelines, family members . will be able to go and visit their relatives in nursing homes after receiving a COVID-19 test.
Covid-19: The U.S. Is Edging Toward Normal, Alarming Some Officials
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March 26, 2021, 7:58 a.m. ETMarch 26, 2021, 7:58 a.m. ET
A single dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine can protect older people, a study shows. California reaches a deal that encourages schools to reopen.
Here’s what you need to know:
A hot dog vendor in Los Angeles reopened on Monday after being closed for two months. The restaurant has been in business since 1939.Credit.Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
Tens of thousands of students walked into classrooms in Chicago public schools on Monday for the first time in nearly a year. Restaurants in Massachusetts were allowed to operate without capacity limits, and venues like roller skating rinks and movie theaters in most of the state opened with fewer restrictions. And South Carolina erased its limits on large gatherings.
Covid-19: The U.S. Is Edging Toward Normal, Alarming Some Officials
Last Updated
March 26, 2021, 7:58 a.m. ETMarch 26, 2021, 7:58 a.m. ET
A single dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine can protect older people, a study shows. California reaches a deal that encourages schools to reopen.
Here’s what you need to know:
A hot dog vendor in Los Angeles reopened on Monday after being closed for two months. The restaurant has been in business since 1939.Credit.Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
Tens of thousands of students walked into classrooms in Chicago public schools on Monday for the first time in nearly a year. Restaurants in Massachusetts were allowed to operate without capacity limits, and venues like roller skating rinks and movie theaters in most of the state opened with fewer restrictions. And South Carolina erased its limits on large gatherings.
A nursing home resident receives a shot of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility, in Brooklyn s Bath Beach neighborhood in New York City, US, Jan 6, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
US nursing homes, once the deadliest COVID-19 sites in the US, have experienced a significant fall in cases and deaths since December in a trend largely attributed to the rollout of millions of vaccine doses, federal government figures show.
The weekly rate of COVID-19 cases at nursing homes fell 89 percent between early December and the second week of February, the US Health and Human Services Department said. By comparison, the nationwide case rate fell 58 percent and remains higher than figures reported before late October.