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发帖数: 21 | 1 'Respiratory outbreak' being investigated at retirement community after 54
residents fall ill
Two have died and 18 were hospitalized in Virginia, officials said.
By Enjoli Francis
July 11, 2019, 6:32 PM
5 min read
http://abcnews.go.com/US/respiratory-outbreak-investigated-retirement-community-54-residents-fall/story?id=64275865
Deadly virus outbreak at Virginia retirement home
Two people have died and 18 others have been hospitalized after a "
respiratory outbreak" at a Virginia retirement community, according to
officials.
The Fairfax County Department of Health said that 54 individuals had become
ill with "respiratory symptoms ranging from upper respiratory symptoms (
cough) to pneumonia" in the last 11 days at Greenspring Retirement Community
in Springfield.
In a letter Wednesday to residents obtained by ABC News affiliate WJLA-TV in
Washington D.C., Greenspring described symptoms as "fever, cough, body
aches, wheezing, hoarseness and general weakness."
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Benjamin Schwartz, a health department director, told ABC News on Thursday
that the outbreak had been reported in the assisted-living and skilled-
nursing sections. He said the outbreak began with the first case on June 30.
The specific cause of the outbreak had not yet been identified but
additional tests of samples were being done, according to Schwartz.
The assisted-living and skilled-nursing facility in Greenspring is home to
263 residents, Schwartz said. He said the two patients who died in the
outbreak had been hospitalized with pneumonia but were "older individuals
with complex medical problems." |
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