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Apr 29, 2020

Reporting of COVID-19 deaths by nursing homes inconsistent

Dozens of elderly residents have died from COVID-19 in Monroe County nursing homes, and advocates are questioning both the handling and reporting of those cases and the state’s Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act, which partly shields nursing homes from civil litigation during the pandemic. “If this were a fire, the first thing we would […]

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