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Officials: Two Princeton Seniors Latest NJ Nursing Home Residents Killed By Coronavirus Officials: Two Princeton Seniors Latest NJ Nursing Home Residents Killed By Coronavirus
Officials: Two Princeton Seniors Latest NJ Nursing Home Residents Killed By Coronavirus Two Princeton nursing home residents died of complications from coronavirus, increasing the number who've been killed in New Jersey, authorities said Friday. Four more patients at Atrium Post Acute Care of Princeton also tested positive for the virus, the long-term facility said in a statement. Atrium officials said they banned visitors and said they're working with state health officials to implement all of the necessary precautions. “We are proud of our dedicated associates who still come in daily to care for our seniors,” they added.  At last count, COVID-19 had invaded at least 4…

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by Jon Craig
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COVID-19: All 94 Residents Of NJ Nursing Home Presumed Positive, Moved To Other Facility COVID-19: All 94 Residents Of NJ Nursing Home Presumed Positive, Moved To Other Facility
Covid-19: All 94 Residents Of NJ Nursing Home Presumed Positive, Moved To Other Facility UPDATE: All 94 residents of a coronavirus-stricken nursing home in Middlesex County were being moved to a facility in Morris County for treatment after all were presumed to have the bug, officials said Wednesday. Two dozen residents of the St. Joseph's Senior Home in Woodbridge tested positive and the rest were presumed positive, they said. Several staffers took sick, as well, leaving three nuns to care for all those patients, said state officials who requested the transfer. A caravan of buses were taking the residents 30 miles north to a CareOne facility in Whippany. Although CareOne and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID-19: Woodbridge Nursing Home Faces Final Days COVID-19: Woodbridge Nursing Home Faces Final Days
Covid-19: Woodbridge Nursing Home Faces Final Days A Woodbridge nursing home is facing closure as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said Tuesday. Residents at St. Joseph's Senior Home are being reassigned to another assisted living facility after several workers are home with influenza-like symptoms and several residents tested positive for coronavirus, state Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said. Officials have been monitoring the facility since Friday, and working with Catholic sisters who run it for an orderly transition. The center "has cared for the our most vulnerable population in Woodbridge and surrounding ar…

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by Jon Craig