Its remote location on Telegraph Road in Cecil County did not spare the Calvert Manor Healthcare Center from the virus, which has sprung up in dozens of like facilities across the state shutting off family members from seeing their loved ones, like Susan Fahringer whose step-daughter’s grandfather lives there.
EMERGED AS A HOT SPOT FOR THECORONAVIRU━ THIS TIME INCECIL COUNTY.
WMAR 2 NEWSJEFF HAGER HAS MORE ON EFFORTSTHERE TO STOP ITS SPREAD.(HAGER S━UP) 10:41“Over theweekend, a Maryland NationalGuard strike team arrived atthis nursing home in RisingSun to try to quell anoutbreak of the coronavirushere” (TRACK) ITS REMOTELOCATION ON TELEGRAPH ROAD DIDNOT SPARE THE CALVERT MANORHEALTHCARE CENTER FROM THEVIRUS, WHICH HAS SPRUNG UP INDOZENS OF LIKE FACILITIESACROSS THE STATE SHUTTING OFFFAMILY MEMBERS FROM SEEINGTHEIR LOVED ONES, LIKE SUSANFAHRINGER WHOSE STE━DAUGHTERTHERE.
(SOT━SusanFahringer/RISING SUN 20:00“Right now hetheyin.
Itonly like 12━bed where thepatients reside” (TRACK)WHILE THE TOTAL CASE NUMBERHAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLYDISCLOSED, CECIL COUNTYEXECUTIVE ALAN McCARTHYADDRESSED ITS RAPID SPREAD INTHE FACILITY OVER THE WEEKEND.(SOT━Alan McCarthy/CecilCounty Executive 1:17“Whatstarted out as two isolatedcases two days ago has nowinfected a number of otherresidents and the staff atthis facility” (TRACK) AMARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD STRIKETEAM ARRIVED OVER THE WEEKENDTO HELP LIMIT THE SPREAD OFTHE VIRUS TO SOME OF THECOUNTYCITIZENS.
(SOT) (SOT━DeeKelly/ Little BritainTownship, PA 18:07“I donhave anybody in a nursinghome, but that doesnI worry about all of theelderly, because itfor them to get sick.
Itdoesnall” (TRACK) WHERE NO ONEHERE HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED ATLAST REPORT, TRAGICALLY, THESTATE HAS ALREADY WITNESSEDTHE IMPACT OF SUCH AN OUTBREAKON THE PLEASANT VIEW NURSINGHOME IN MOUNT AIRY WHERE 18PEOPLE HAVE DIED& CUT OFF FROMTHEIR FAMILIES AS THEY BATTLEDTHE VIRUS TO THE END.(SOT━Jake Dickey/ RisingSun 15:21“If somethinghappens to them, theyto wheel them out and letnobody see them so hopefullythe last thing you said tothem was a good thing, youknow what I mean” (HAGERS━UP) 11:06“A week ago,Maryland Governor Larry Hogancreated the strike teams after90 nursing homes and lon━termcare facilities reported casesof covi━19.
Reporting inCecil County, Jeff Hager, WMAR2 News”
The Florida National Guard was set to arrive in Charlotte County Monday to begin COVID-19 testing at long-term senior care..
