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County considers vaccination policy changes after outbreak
May 10, 2021 GMT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) A recent COVID-19 outbreak at the Sullivan County nursing home has led some officials to consider compensation changes for staff and a mandatory vaccination requirement for them.
The outbreak, which started last month, has affected staff and residents at the home in Unity, including some who were fully vaccinated.
Last year, the county instituted a compensation program for employees in quarantine, paying them two-thirds of wages for a missed day of work. The Eagle Times reports that under a new proposal, only vaccinated employees will still be eligible for this compensation, said Derek Ferland, county manager. Unvaccinated employees who contract the virus will have to use their sick or vacation days to still be paid.
Sullivan County considers vaccination policy changes after outbreak
Published: 5/10/2021 11:29:04 AM
CONCORD, N.H. A recent COVID-19 outbreak at the Sullivan County nursing home has led some officials to consider compensation changes for staff and a mandatory vaccination requirement for them.
The outbreak, which started last month, has affected staff and residents at the home in Unity, including some who were fully vaccinated.
Last year, the county instituted a compensation program for employees in quarantine, paying them two-thirds of wages for a missed day of work. The
Eagle Times reports that under a new proposal, only vaccinated employees will still be eligible for this compensation, said Derek Ferland, county manager. Unvaccinated employees who contract the virus will have to use their sick or vacation days to still be paid.
As COVID cases rose at jail, county officials gave praise
Hillsborough County s jail inspection reports, filed with the New Hampshire Attorney General s office, have looked essentially identical for years. Composite
A post outside the Valley Street Jail in Manchester. Emily Corwin / NHPR
Published: 4/30/2021 5:13:28 PM
When Hillsborough County Commissioner Toni Pappas toured the Valley Street Jail in Manchester last December, as she and fellow commissioners are required to do at least twice a year, she didn’t appear to find any cause for concern.
“I have found the condition of the facility, the security of the inmates, and the management to be in order,” Pappas wrote in an inspection report filed with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. “The inmates are being cared for pursuant to [state law], and are appropriately supervised by trained correctional staff.”
Sullivan County nursing home discussions at a standstill
Modified: 4/27/2021 9:41:56 PM
UNITY The future of a proposed $54 million renovation of the Sullivan County nursing home is uncertain following a meeting of the county delegation that recessed without an up or down vote on the project.
“Right now we are divided,” state Rep. John Cloutier, D-Claremont, the delegation’s chairman, said Tuesday.
He said recessing Monday evening’s meeting, which was held in person in Newport and via Zoom, “was the only way to sort of end it. We’re just at loggerheads.” No date was set to take up the matter again.