RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Seven more residents of the Northern Nevada State Veterans Home tested positive for COVID-19, the Veterans Home said Saturday.
That means that 15 residents and 14 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. Residents are in isolation. Staff members are quarantined at home and remain asymptomatic or stable with mild symptoms, veterans at home said.
Ten veteran residents who tested positive for COVID-19 were rushed to Reno VA Hospital, where they receive 24-hour medical care in a specially designed ICU unit COVID. The veterans home said they are in stable condition.
Those who have tested positive must have two consecutive negative tests for COVID-19 before returning to regular care or returning to work.
Access to the home remains limited to only essential team members and providers. Also, anyone entering the building must undergo a search.
“By increasing the frequency of testing, we will identify positive cases even earlier, and therefore limit the extent of possible exposures, and begin therapeutic treatments as soon as possible,” the director of the Department of Services said in a statement. Nevada Veterans Kat Miller. “Our dedicated clinical teams continue to work with local, state and federal partners to do everything possible to protect our residents and team members.”
Veterans’ home patients and staff tested positive for the first time in mid-June.
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