CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Members of the West Virginia National Guard spent Wednesday testing residents of a nursing home in Kanawha County.
Seventy-five patients of the Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jefferson were tested after one patient was hospitalized for the coronavirus and other showed symptoms.
Dr. Sherri Young, Kanawha-Charleston Health Department health officer and executive director, and Monica Mason, education director for the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority, were also on site Wednesday assisting with incident command.
On-site staff members are also being tested, and there are plans to test other employees.