Willow Gardens Care Center sees new COVID-19 outbreak
by Report Submitted · June 18th, 2020
Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion, is the sixth long-term care facility in Linn County that has met the state's definition of an outbreak. According to the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), an outbreak occurs when three or more cases of COVID-19 are identified among residents of a facility. A total of 11 residents and staff at Willow Gardens have tested positive for COVID-19 between June 5 and June 9. No deaths are associated with this outbreak at this time. Upon identification of these positive COVID-19 cases, Willow Gardens notified residents and their families.
"We are in constant contact with our families and are doing everything we can to support them," said Casey Kann, administrator at Willow Gardens.
The affected residents will remain in isolation for 14 days.
"We have been and continue to do everything we can to ensure we stop the spread of this virus within our facility and have increased our emergency response procedures," Kann said. "We are working with local and state health officials to ensure we are taking the appropriate steps at this time. At this point, all precautions will remain in place within the building until the virus has been eradicated."
COVID-19 spreads easily and rapidly in settings where people live close together. Older adults and those with underlying chronic medical conditions are at increased risk of severe complications or death due to
COVID-19 infection. Everyone should wash hands often, cover coughs and sneezes, stay home when sick, practice physical distancing by maintaining six feet between individuals and wear a cloth face covering when physical distancing is not possible.
For more information on COVID-19, call 2-1-1 or visit www.LinnCounty.org/COVID19.
by Report Submitted · June 18th, 2020
Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion, is the sixth long-term care facility in Linn County that has met the state's definition of an outbreak. According to the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), an outbreak occurs when three or more cases of COVID-19 are identified among residents of a facility. A total of 11 residents and staff at Willow Gardens have tested positive for COVID-19 between June 5 and June 9. No deaths are associated with this outbreak at this time. Upon identification of these positive COVID-19 cases, Willow Gardens notified residents and their families.
"We are in constant contact with our families and are doing everything we can to support them," said Casey Kann, administrator at Willow Gardens.
The affected residents will remain in isolation for 14 days.
"We have been and continue to do everything we can to ensure we stop the spread of this virus within our facility and have increased our emergency response procedures," Kann said. "We are working with local and state health officials to ensure we are taking the appropriate steps at this time. At this point, all precautions will remain in place within the building until the virus has been eradicated."
COVID-19 spreads easily and rapidly in settings where people live close together. Older adults and those with underlying chronic medical conditions are at increased risk of severe complications or death due to
COVID-19 infection. Everyone should wash hands often, cover coughs and sneezes, stay home when sick, practice physical distancing by maintaining six feet between individuals and wear a cloth face covering when physical distancing is not possible.
For more information on COVID-19, call 2-1-1 or visit www.LinnCounty.org/COVID19.
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