Delaware creating positions to treat COVID in long-term care facilities
WILMINGTON — The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services is creating new positions in order to respond to COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care centers.
The DHSS will create five incident response teams statewide within DHSS to support long-term care facilities. These teams will help with infection control training, COVID-19 testing, case tracking and coordinating responses to outbreaks and positive cases.
DHSS Secretary Molly Magarik said at a press briefing last week the DHSS is looking for volunteers within the organization and state government for these teams.
“It’s a group of individuals that can go into facilities that are having an outbreak or having challenges managing their positive cases and provide another layer of support,” Ms. Magarik said.
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