2 PA Vets Homes Have Covid Cases

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Two Pennsylvania veterans homes at opposite ends of the state have been hit with coronavirus, but four others have so far avoided the pandemic.
According to a spokeswoman for the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, five residents and one staffer at the Southeastern Veterans Center in Chester County have tested positive for Covoid-19.
At the Southwestern Veterans Center in Pittsburgh one staffer tested positive, according to Joan Nissley, the agency spokeswoman.
She said there have been no deaths from the virus.
"Our homes have – and will continue – to report positive test results to county, state, and federal public health officials in accordance with CDC guidelines and are ensuring follow-up protocols are accomplished," Nissley said.
Veterans nursing homes in other states have been much harder hit where deaths have been reported at two facilities. Some 25 deaths were recorded at a veterans home in Holyoke, while five were reported at the soldiers home in Chelsea.
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