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Genesis operates Rutland Health Care and Rehabilitation.
About a month ago, the outbreak was identified, with COVID claiming the lives of the 60th and 61st virus-related deaths. In total, seven residents died from COVID.
In an emailed statement, Dr. Richard Feifer, chief medical officer for Genesis, said COVID-19 is a âcomplex virus.â
âWe may never really know who or what started the outbreak at Rutland,â he said.
Monica Hutt, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living, said risks to a long-term care facility tend to be visitors coming in to see a friend of relative, professionals coming in to provide care or staff.
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Health Commissioner Mark Levine says 5,850 doses of the Pfizer vaccine could be here next week. And staff and residents of long-term care homes are among the first people who could receive the vaccine in Vermont.
“Pharmacies that have been contracted to provide COVID-19 vaccine at skilled nursing facilities will receive a portion of these initial doses, and may hold their earliest vaccination clinics at long-term care facilities as soon as Dec. 21,” Levine said Tuesday during a press conference.
Until then, state officials hope the stricter mitigation procedures will prevent any more widespread outbreaks.
Ashley Hudson, left, and Courtney Tabor, right, are the co-owners of Four Seasons Care Home in Northfield. The home weathered a COVID-19 outbreak over the past month, but did not experience any deaths due to the virus.