No timeline for vaccine distribution at facility where 9 nuns died
Waukesha County Health Department says it is not a licensed skilled nursing facility Share Updated: 10:30 PM CST Jan 12, 2021
Waukesha County Health Department says it is not a licensed skilled nursing facility Share Updated: 10:30 PM CST Jan 12, 2021
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Show Transcript WE NOW HAVE THE NAMES AND PHOTOS OF NUNS WHO DIED FROM NINE CORONAVIRUS AT THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME IN ELM GROVE. BUT LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY WE ARE NO CLOSER TO AN ANSWER AS TO WHEN THE FACILITY WILL BE VACCINATED 87 NUNS LIVE INSIDE THE MAJORITY OF THEM IN THEIR 80’S AND 90’S. IN A STATEMENT TUESDAY, THE WAUKESHA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID THE FACILITY WOULD NOT BE AMONG THE FIRST TO GET THE VACCINE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME IS NOT A LICENSED SKILLED NURSING FACILITY WITH THE DIVISION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AT THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES. THAT RESPONSE UN
8 School Sisters of Notre Dame lost to COVID-19 in a week
By Sam Kraemer and AP
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8 School Sisters of Notre Dame lost to COVID-19 in a week
Eight sisters at the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Elm Grove have died of COVID-19 since December 9.
ELM GROVE, Wis. - Eight nuns living at a retirement home for sisters in suburban Milwaukee died of COVID-19 complications in the last week including four who passed away on the same day a grim reminder of how quickly the virus can spread in congregate living situations, even when precautions are taken.
Notre Dame of Elm Grove had been free of the virus for the last nine months, but the congregation that runs the home found out on Thanksgiving Day that one of the roughly 100 sisters who live there had tested positive. Despite social distancing and other mitigation efforts that were already in place, several more positive tests followed, said Sister Debra Marie Sciano, the provincial leader for School Sisters of Notre Dame Cen