However, Reyes said that although nursing homes and senior living communities are often lumped together, they are not the same.A Vacaville senior living facility has had to implement additional precautions after some of its residents and staff tested positive for COVID-19.“We’re hoping that when we receive the results, we have all negative cases,” Reyes said. “The residents are under care, and they’re doing well. Information below regarding cases of COVID-19 in Solano County are provided by Solano Public Health. Then, as with any similar case, they are expanding the net to include more distant family members who may have been in contact, social gatherings like church that the patient may have attended, and any possible time spent at work or events like a concert.Eugenia Kendall was wearing a face mask, but in fear of anything including the common cold. A few have shown symptoms and are in isolation, Matyas said.Doctors at the UC Davis Medical Center said they asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to test the woman for the virus on Feb. 19.
Panic seems to do that to you,” she said. The activities room is also closed.Reyes said the community has been preparing for a potential coronavirus outbreak for the last few months.“It was a shock when we had (the first case), but what I think it does is it tells you that it’s something that’s real and in the community,” he said. “We have seen, and we have verified that there are other communities locally who have seen the same issue and are fighting the same fight and are working as hard as we are to ensure that all their residents are healthy as well.”“Our residents are more independent (and) healthier and are, from what we’re seeing, able to recover quicker through the process,” he said.
We’re just trying to be practical,” said her husband of 31 years, Ivan Kendall. We’re preparing for the worst.”With the patient as ground zero, they are interviewing immediate family members. Includes latest news on symptoms, cases, treatments and more. Latest coronavirus News: Suisun City opening sidewalks, streets for business; Solano Covid-19 count climbs to 860 VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a Northern California community are at the epicenter of what officials are calling a turning point in the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus, as investigators try to retrace the steps of a hospitalized patient they believe to be the first in the U.S. to be infected without traveling internationally or being in close contact with anyone who had it. Visitors, who previously had been allowed to meet residents in the courtyard, are now prohibited.“We have already been doing an abundance of precautions with social distancing and following all of the CDC/county/state guidelines, and really exceeding beyond those,” he said.Following the first case, Reyes said all the family members and primary contacts of residents were contacted, which Cornerstone has continued to do as new cases have come up and more testing has been done.
While not giving the exact number, he said it was relatively small and that all the residents who tested positive were healthy. “In case things get a little crazy, we didn’t want to be the last ones. But they said the CDC did not approve the testing until Sunday “since the patient did not fit the existing CDC criteria” for the virus, according to a memo posted to the hospital’s website.Several Vacaville residents said they will try to avoid crowded places for now, while taking other routine and recommended precautions like frequent and thorough hand-washing.The case raised questions about how quickly public health officials are moving to diagnose and treat new cases. of Vacaville, CA. Others stockpiled supplies for fear things could get worse despite official reassurances.“At the end of the day, it’s my life,” she said.The community of about 100,000 is between San Francisco and Sacramento in Solano County, in the agricultural Central Valley near California’s famous wine region. Most of them have little to no symptoms at all.”“We’re expecting them all back very soon,” he said.Staff members who tested positive are self-isolating at their homes, have not been on site since being tested and are said to be recovering.Reyes said there was not much social interaction prior to the first positive case, but new measures were taken afterward.