Wake County Identifies COVID-19 Outbreak At Knightdale Rehabilitation Center

Press release from the Wake County Government:

by Leah Holdren on 12/29/2020 3:49 PM
Category: WakeGOV Home Page; Human Services

Wake County Public Health has
confirmed an outbreak of COVID-19 at Wellington Rehabilitation and Healthcare,
located at 1000 Tandall Place in Knightdale.

This is the second
outbreak confirmed at this facility. The
previous outbreak occurred in April. No
additional information about residents or employees within the facility will be
disclosed.

The N.C. Department of Health
and Human Services defines an outbreak as two or more people – residents or
employees – testing positive for the virus.

Under NCDHHS Sec. Mandy Cohen’s Order No. 3, certain
facilities that experience new outbreaks must fall back to previous
restrictions and not allow visitors for 28 days. That includes nursing homes,
assisted living facilities, adult care homes, behavioral health and intellectual/developmental
disability services, intermediate care facilities and psychiatric residential
treatment facilities.

In addition, the county
recommends that these facilities should follow the NCDHHS guidelines, which
include:

• Ensuring staff wear the appropriate personal protective equipment at all times;
• Restricting
  employees from working at other locations;
• Practicing social
  distancing when possible; and
• Frequently
  cleaning surfaces with disinfectant.

Staying Updated
You can visit
our multilingual COVID-19
webpage,
which has a set of frequently asked questions to educate residents, a list of
COVID-19-related closures and service changes, as well as contact
information for people to use to ask specific questions.

The county is also sharing important information on its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.

This press release was produced by the Wake County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.