Most Nursing Home Visitors Will Be Banned to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

From McKnight’s Long-Term Care News:

“Federal authorities announced Friday afternoon that they will be ratcheting up restrictions on nursing home visitors in a soon-to-be issued guidance aimed at protecting seniors from the novel coronavirus.

The vast majority of visitors will be banned, said Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma during a conference with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, who has been named the point person of the nation’s effort against COVID-19, among others.”

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