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Meriden Coronavirus Update: Nursing Home To Reopen

A long-term care facility that closed last year will reopen specifically to treat coronavirus patients.

MERIDEN, CT — Apple Rehab of Avon announced that it will reopen its Westfield Care and Rehab Center in Meriden for coronavirus patients, The Record-Journal reported. The long-term care facility had closed in November due to financial difficulties.

The reopening is part of the state's effort to find nursing home space for recovering COVID-19 patients, according to The Record-Journal. Gov. Ned Lamont has proposed increases in Medicaid payments to help support the effort.

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