Round Rock Care Facility Ultimate Group COVID-19
A Round Rock call center confirmed that 48 residents and 33 staff members tested positive for COVID19.
Austin, Texas – A Round Rock call center confirmed that 48 residents and 33 staff members tested positive for COVID-19. The Williamson County Rapid Response Viral Attack team says it is responding to the San Gabriel Rehabilitation and Care Center and other COVID-19 nursing home groups in the area.
“We have multiple groups at the facility right now,” said Amy Jarosek, team leader for the Wilco Rapid Response Viral Attack Team.
Jarosek says a group is defined as one or more residents / staff who test positive for the virus in a facility. The San Gabriel Rehabilitation and Care Center in Round Rock issued a letter confirming that they have 81 cases at its facilities.
“[San Gabriel] It is one of those that we have entered. We have been in close contact and in a supporting role for that facility, ”Jarosek said.
Jarosek says the strike team is made up of 30 members from the Health District, EMS and the fire department. The team has kept up to date with the 62 nursing homes, assisted living and memory care facilities in Wilco.
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“Every 30 days. Now contacting each facility and following up on their staff and residents for their PPE needs, as well as making sure they don’t have any sick or symptomatic residents or staff that we need to move and mitigate, ”he said.
She says that the team is activated based on the infection control evaluation that is carried out in said facility. The team works as a guide on what to do and as a support system for the staff of the various care centers.
“They are overwhelmed right now. just trying to keep its residents healthy and then mitigating the problem of not being able to get families and loved ones to come into those facilities, so we want to act in a role supporting those facilities, “Jarosek said.
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St. Gabriel wrote in his letter that they are still awaiting the results of the July 8 test. Results that could generate positive cases.
Gov. Greg Abbott addressed the delay in nursing home results at a press conference on Thursday. “The bottom line is that the lags that have occurred in some parts of the state of Texas should be a thing of the past sometime soon,” the governor said.
The full letter is available below:
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