National Guard Called To Austin Nursing Home To Help With COVID Outbreak

From CBS Minnesota:

October 13, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Five National Guard staffers are working with a nursing home in Austin after it reported an outbreak of COVID-19 in recent days.

Workers at the Sacred Heart Care Center say they’ve confirmed 17 cases of COVID on the premises — 10 of which are residents, and the other seven staffers at the Skilled Nursing Facility. All residents and staff had been tested Oct. 6.

Workers say that they’ve isolated the residents who tested positive, and they’re being treated. Staffers who tested positive have been sent to quarantine at home.

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