A COVID-19 outbreak at a state-run veterans’ home in Manteno was reported as the prevalence of the virus has steadily risen again throughout Illinois.
A COVID-19 outbreak at a state-run veterans’ home in Manteno was reported Wednesday as the prevalence of the virus has steadily risen again throughout Illinois.
The residents who’ve tested positive have been moved into isolation and are being closely monitored by staff from the agency, it said.“All the residents who have tested positive have received at least two doses of the vaccine and 15 are up to date with their boosters,” according to a statement from veterans’ affairs. “A staff physician is assessing residents’ need for antiviral post exposure medication.
The auditor general’s review blamed the state’s Public Health Department for failing to “identify and respond to the seriousness of the outbreak.” That outbreak, however, occurred before vaccines for the virus existed.
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