Dear Family and Friends of South Cove Manor:
Earlier this week, I had informed everyone that we had identified two staff members as testing positive for COVID-19. These two staff members remain asymptomatic, and are excluded from work for 14 days. As required by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, we immediately tested all residents and staff that had been in close contact with either of these two staff members. That testing was completed on Monday, November 16th, and the results were received early this morning.
I am happy to report that ALL tests conducted on Monday have come back as negative for COVID-19. While this is good news, this virus has been known to evade testing for up to 14 days in some asymptomatic people. As a result, the quarantines that we put in place on both the first floor, and the third floor of our building will remain in place. In addition, we will continue testing 100% of our residents and staff this week, AND next week. If both rounds of this scheduled testing show negative results for all residents and staff, then our quarantines will be lifted, and in-person visitations may resume on December 1, 2020.
I continue to caution people against taking loved one’s home for holiday celebrations. While I can’t imagine how difficult the past 9 months have been on all of you, I implore all of you to continue to keep yourselves, and our residents safe. Positive news of vaccine development continues to emerge, and provides us all hope that we will soon be able to return to some sense of normalcy.
I will continue to update all of you with future test results as soon as we receive them.
Thank you again for placing your trust in South Cove Manor.
