Dear Family and Friends of South Cove Manor:
In my last e-mail to all of you on Friday, I shared the good news of our 100% negative test results for both residents and staff earlier in the week. In addition, I shared with you that we were retesting all residents and staff Friday and Saturday. I am happy to report that we have received the results from those tests, and all residents and staff are negative for COVID-19.
As a reminder, we are required by the Department of Public Health (DPH) to restrict resident visitation until we are able to demonstrate 14 consecutive days without a new positive case in our resident and staff population. With our most recent positive case being identified on December 13th, the earliest that we may begin to allow visitation again, will be on Monday December 28th. We will re-test all residents and staff today and tomorrow, and will anticipate receiving all of the results by Wednesday the 23rd. Those tests will be the last tests conducted before the 28th, and our plan to re-open to visitors will be based on those results.
I also wanted to let all of you know that DPH conducted an unannounced, Focused Infection Control Survey at South Cove today. The Surveyor was in our building for several hours today, to evaluate our Infection Control processes and procedures. The surveyor was very impressed with the work that our entire team has done to mitigate the spread of the virus, and found us to be in compliance with all regulations.
In addition, we are moving forward with the planning process for the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine to our residents and staff members that choose to receive it. Our first vaccination clinic is scheduled for January 6th.Someone from our staff will be contacting you over the next two weeks to discuss the process with you, and provide information about the vaccine.
Please feel free to reach out to Li Chen or I with any questions that you may have.
