A total of 15 outbreaks of COVID-19 are currently active in various long-term care facilities or nursing homes in Puerto Rico, in addition to the 75 outbreaks that have been reported so far at these sites.
This was reported by the president of the Association of Owners of Long-Term Care Centers, Juanita Aponte Morales, in an interview with Ràdio Illa.
“We currently have 75 outbreaks and about 170 older adults killed in institutions,” said Aponte Morales, who added that the virus had remained controlled in these centers but as more people in the community become infected, cases begin to arrive. in homes.
“It was time for us to start with this because perhaps younger populations that are infected with the virus are contagious and can overcome it. The older adults we care for are people who have a weakened immune system so we can lose them a lot. ease, ”he explains.
On the other hand, Aponte Morales has stated that some of these outbreaks have occurred in large institutions that house 100 people or more, which may symbolize a higher risk due to the difficulty of not being able to divide the sick population from which has not been infected.
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