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Vero Health & Rehab of Hampden under admission freeze; families informed of 23 COVID cases at facility
Updated May 18, 2021;
HAMPDEN Vero Health & Rehab of Hampden has been under an admissions freeze since May 11, according to records kept by the state Department of Public Health.
The facility sent a letter to residents’ families this week saying it had 14 positive cases of COVID-19 among residents, nine cases among staff members and one resident died due to complications from COVID-19.
According to the Department of Public Health, the state’s Rapid Response Team is helping.
The letter from Vero urges families to give permission for residents to get COVID-19 vaccinations.
Vero Health & Rehab of Hampden restricts visitors amid COVID outbreak
Updated May 03, 2021;
HAMPDEN Vero Health & Rehab of Hampden won’t allow visitors through May 16 except for compassionate reasons in special circumstances after two residents and four staffers tested positive for COVID-19.
The 100-bed nursing home and rehab center found cases of COVID-19 last week as part of a routine testing program, said administrator Augustin Aiguosatile. He said the visitation bans last for 14 days according to state regulations. He said the cases were discovered Friday.
Asked if the Vero staff workers had been vaccinated, Aiguosatile said the vaccine is not a complete guarantee that coronavirus won’t be spread.
Several area towns now COVID-19 red zones; deaths at Hadley nursing home
In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, a person is inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine in Pompano Beach, Florida. AP PHOTO/WILFREDO LEE
Modified: 1/8/2021 2:59:00 PM
NORTHAMPTON Several area communities are now COVID-19 hotspots in the latest weekly report issued by the state Department of Public Health.
Though Hampshire County’s two largest communities, Northampton and Amherst, are in the yellow, or caution zone, in part because their positivity rates are below 5%, Easthampton, South Hadley, Hadley, Belchertown, and Southampton are all labeled red, along with Holyoke, according to the dashboard.
For the smaller communities, the status comes by having more than 25 new COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks, and for the larger towns it is due to having more than 10 cases per 100,000 residents and a positivity rate exceeding 5%.
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