COVID-19's wrath on nursing homes

COVID-19's wrath on nursing homes

CARE FACILITIES... LIKENURSING HOMES.

THEY'REHOTSPOTS FOR THEVIRUS.ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

2WORKS FOR YOU'S SIERRAPIZARRO... SHOWS US HOWGREEN COUNTRY CAREFACILITIES DO THEIR PART TOSTOP AN INTERNAL OUTBREAK.THE VIRUS INVADES NURSINGHOMES AND CARE FACILITIESACROSS OUR COUNTRY.INCLUDING 42 OF OKLAHOMA'SCARE HOMES.

00:02:34;13 -00:02:42;15 WARREN:"Everybody's isolated.

It'snot just here, it'severywhere.

We have not beeninfiltrated by COVID- 19,thank God." MARCI WARREN ISA NURSE AT SEQUOYAH MANORIN SALLISAW.

SHE SAYS WORKFOR HER NOW FEELS LIKE BEINGUNDER LOCKDOWN.

00:00:01;21- 00;00:02;26 "Empty halls."00:00:06;07 - 00:00:07;24"Another empty hall."00:00:06;10 - 00:00:08;05"Empty dining room."RESIDENTS EAT IN THEIR ROOMSNOW.

AND STAFF RELY ONGLOVES AND DONATED FACEMASKS TO STAY SAFE.00:00:21;16 - 00:00:23;09MARCI WARREN, nurse,sequoyah manor nursing home:"This is all we have."00:00:44;09 - 00:00:49;25"We wash these masks at theend of each day." SIGNS OFFEVER ARE ALSO CHECKED.00:03:33;54 - 00:03:39;4500:03:45;19 - 00:03:51;00WARREN: "We are getting ourtemperatures taken at leastthree times a shift." THEREADINGS ARE EVEN RECORDEDIN A JOURNAL.00:00:04;08 - 00:00:05;17NATS: TURNS PAGE THOSE AGE65 AND OVER MAKE UP THEMAJORITY OF OKLAHOMA'SCOVID CASES WITH 32%.THIS GROUP IS MOSTVULNERABLE.

00:09:52;23 -00:09:57;27 Becky randolph,visiting mom in nursing home"If my mother was to getthis virus, she would notsurvive this virus." BECKYRANDOLPH VISITS HER90-YEAR-OLD MOTHER EVERYDAY.

LATELY... IT'S THROUGHTHIS WINDOW.

00:00:12;18 -00:00:16;20 "She's a sightfor sore eyes, isn't she,Betty?"00:14:09;51 - 00:14:12;08RANDOLPH: "She'll motion forme to come in, that's theworst part." FIVE HUNDRED OFOKLAHOMA'S CORONAVIRUS CASESCOME FROM LONG-TERM CAREFACILITIES OR NURSING HOMES.THE MOST ARE IN Clevelandcounty... WITH 121 casesAND 14 deaths.

I'M SIERRAPIZARRO.

2 WORKS FOR YOU.THE VIRUS MADE ITS WAY INTOA NURSING AGENCY INBARTLESVILLE.THE "BARTLESVILLE HEALTH ANDREHAB COMMUNITY" HAS 54POSITIVE CASES.

9 OF WHICHARE STAFF MEMBERS.

AND 5DEATHS.

STAFF SAY MANY OFTHOSE WHO TESTED POSITIVE.DIDN'T SHOW SYMPTOMS.THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF