Connecticut’s Covid-19 Plan Didn’t Account for Long-Term Care Facilities, Report Finds

Senior lady lying on the nursing care bed with the surgical mask for virus protection

Connecticut health officials failed to develop a plan to protect nursing homes in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic and were also hampered by an outdated outbreak-monitoring system, according to an independent, state-funded report. The Connecticut Department of Public Health produced an emergency-response plan focused exclusively on hospitals that didn’t meaningfully address long-term-care facilities,… Continue reading Connecticut’s Covid-19 Plan Didn’t Account for Long-Term Care Facilities, Report Finds