No visitors allowed at Claremont Nursing home after another staff member tests positive for COVID-19

Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Middlesex Twp. is closed to visitors and vendors after another staff members tested positive for COVID-19.

In a news release, Claremont said the staff member is asymptomatic and is in isolation at home.

The center is working with the state Department of Health’s epidemiologist to conduct universal testing Sept. 15-17.

According to the news release, Claremont has had 12 staff members and two residents test positive since the coronavirus pandemic started.

This brings the total number of staffers to 12, and two residents who have tested positive since the pandemic began.

“Claremont has returned to the non-opened stage, and will slowly reopen as guidelines permit, moving through each required phase of re-opening. Claremont continues to follow CDC and the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s COVID-19 guidelines for its residents and employees,” the center said in a news release.

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