There are 60 nursing homes across Maryland with confirmed cases of COVID-19, Gov. Larry Hogan and other state officials said Friday.
Despite banning visitors, screening staff and other individuals entering facilities, and instituting other protocols to control infections, nursing homes are still experiencing outbreaks of COVID-19, said Fran Phillips, Maryland’s deputy secretary of health.
Phillips said any staff person in any nursing home who has direct contact with patients will be required to wear a face mask at work.
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