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Original title: The pandemic in nursing homes in the United States is urgent again, there are more problems besides … Source: CCTV News Client
According to US media reports, the number of new cases of coronary pneumonia has decreased after a few weeks. Recently, as the US epidemic has recovered, the number of new cases of new coronary pneumonia in nursing homes in the United States has also increased. Nursing home administrators and nursing experts said that with the rise in new cases of crowns in the United States, it is basically impossible for nursing homes to prevent the virus from entering.
△ In a nursing home in the United States, medical staff conduct a new coronavirus test for a resident Image source: political websiteNew cases in nursing homes increase by more than 40% in one month
Analysis of data from the Atlantic Monthly New Coronary Pneumonia Tracking Project shows that in the week of November 2-8, Wisconsin reported 112 long-term care facilities with new coronavirus infections, an increase nearly double from the previous week.
According to CNN, public data shows that since May, nursing homes in the United States have reported more than 262,000 infections and 59,000 deaths. So far, nursing home deaths account for more than a quarter of all new deaths from coronary pneumonia in the United States. The death toll in nursing homes in the four states of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas accounted for a third of total nursing home deaths in the United States this week.
The political website of the US political news network noted that after a brief decline in the number of new cases for 7 weeks, the number of new cases of new coronary pneumonia in nursing homes in the United States increased by more than 40% from mid-September to October 25.
Politico reported an analysis that because the Trump administration has repeatedly downplayed the spread and danger of the new corona virus, while simultaneously eliminating federal health officials amid rising cases in the United States, The virus spread wildly in the community, resulting in nursing home medical staff inevitably spreading the virus. Brought to nursing homes, which has become a major source of the virus spreading in nursing homes.
Most nursing homes still face a long wait for test results
CNN revealed that, at present, most of the nursing homes in the United States still face the situation of waiting for the results of the new corona virus test for a long time. The website’s analysis of data recorded by nursing homes shows that as of October 25, 38% of approximately 15,000 nursing homes in the United States have not yet used the instant tests. Of the approximately 13,000 nursing homes reporting the speed of new coronavirus tests, 29% of nursing homes take an average of 3 days or more to get results, and only 17% of nursing homes take a average of a day.
Analysts said this delay in test results can cause devastating results. What is particularly worrying is that with the arrival of winter, the number of infected cases increases every day.
There is still a shortage of personal protective equipment and labor
CBS> Radio ColombiaThe company (CBS) reported that as the number of new crown boxes continues to increase, so has the demand for personal protective equipment and other medical supplies in nursing homes. But at the end of October, nearly 3,000 nursing homes in the United States still declared that their personal protective equipment would last no more than a week.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services lists gloves and masks as necessary, but in short supply for frontline workers. Lisa Rigel, publicity manager for the State Retirees Association, said that as the number of cases increases and the cold arrives, nursing homes need to pay attention because the new coronary pneumonia is not going away anytime soon.
Riegel also said: “We not only lack protective equipment, we are also extremely short of manpower.”
According to statistics from the Politico website, in the United States, nearly 15% of nursing homes said that at least one key personal protective equipment is available for less than a week; about 22% of nursing homes have a labor shortage.
The labor shortage will bring another problem, which is infection caused by family visits. Riegel said: “Due to understaffing, many family members will go to nursing homes to care for their relatives. As long as there is an infected family member, the situation will spiral out of control.
Analysts say that every time the community expands, the number of nursing homes will also increase. With the increase in cases outside of nursing homes and the overcrowding of hospitals and intensive care units, you can imagine the risk of infection in nursing homes.
The epidemic remains difficult to control US media: development step by step to this point
The nursing home epidemic is just a microcosm of the epidemic in the United States. Unfortunately, although the epidemic in the United States is so serious, there is still no hope of containing it.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of the night of the 13th ET, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new corona in the United States exceeded 10.7 million and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 244,000 . As of the 12th, the United States had an average daily increase of more than 130,000 confirmed cases of new crowns in the past 7 days, the peak of the average daily increase in cases since the outbreak.
CNN reported that the Trump administration’s failure to prevent epidemics is no longer necessary. It is unclear how the next administration will fight the epidemic. From Trump’s speech at the White House press conference on November 13, he still doesn’t know. Will take measures to block the city or other more effective epidemic prevention measures.
The Politico website commented that the current disaster facing the United States has developed step by step, in this process the division of the country and the lack of a scientific and powerful policy against the epidemic are the main reasons for the continued deterioration of the epidemic.
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