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Nursing homes worry COVID vaccine mandate may worsen staff shortages
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Kentucky s nursing homes face Biden COVID vaccine mandate for staff
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Kentucky hospitals, nursing home groups endorse mandatory COVID shots
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An outbreak of COVID-19 at a Kentucky nursing home where most residents were vaccinated is cited in a new federal study as an example of why it is imperative that more staff get vaccinated as new variants of the virus emerge.
The study, released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found 18 residents and four workers at the nursing home who had been vaccinated tested positive for COVID-19 after an unvaccinated worker brought a variant, or new strain of the virus, into the facility.
In all, 46 cases were identified at the nursing home in 26 residents and 20 workers. Three residents who contracted COVID-19 died, two of whom had not been vaccinated, the study said.
Older adults in long-term care facilities in Kentucky began receiving COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday.
Federal contractors with Walgreens and CVS are vaccinating staff and residents in at least five facilities across the state Monday, officials said. Gov. Andy Beshear said he expects residents at most of the state’s long-term care facilities will receive vaccinations by March.
“Today there is somebody who has received this vaccine who is going to make it through this pandemic who otherwise wouldn’t,” Beshear said at a press conference Monday.
Older adults are among the most at-risk for contracting severe cases of the disease caused by COVID-19. Long-term care residents in the state make up more than two-thirds of Kentucky’s 2,397 coronavirus deaths so far.