Poor leadership, insufficient communication and staff shortages all bubbled to the surface as a deadly wave of COVID-19 swept through an aged-care home, a coroner has found.

Where nursing home staff vaccinations lag, COVID-19 outbreaks may follow, ... and experts are concerned that's contributed to dozens of recent outbreaks in long-term care facilities. ...

Health care and "social assistance" settings -- including doctor offices, ... the highest number of new COVID-19 cases by reported outbreak setting since it reopened as of May 2020.

The current wave of COVID-19 cases has contributed to active outbreaks at an additional seven long-care facilities in Forsyth County. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services lists Forsyth ...

More information: Michael Fralick et al, SARS-CoV-2 burden on the floor was associated with COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in two acute care hospitals: a prospective cohort study, Infection Control ...