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Report documents poor virus response in Pennsylvania veterans home December 31, 2020 This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). (CDC via AP, File) HARRISBURG, Pa. A law firm’s state-commissioned investigation into a troubled veterans home in the Philadelphia suburbs identified myriad problems and mistakes it said helped the coronavirus sweep through the facility like wildfire this spring.
The report issued Thursday said supervisors at the state-owned Southeastern Veterans’ Center waited too long to end communal dining, should have done more to isolate infected residents and did not properly inform relatives about what was happening.