Good afternoon, Village at Marymount Families, Friends, and Staff. This is Sue Nall the executive director.
We had 2 new positive COVID cases, one at Marymount Place and one at Villa St. Joseph, from the past weekend and today.
Our COVID update since March 2020: Villa St. Joseph has 14 Active staff and or Resident Cases. We had a total of 199 resident or staff cases. Memory Care Assisted Living at Villa St Joseph has 0 active Resident or Staff cases and a cumulative total of 14 cases. Marymount Place has 1 Active Resident or Staff cases — and a cumulative total of 35 resident/staff cases.
What impact do these two new cases have on us? Villa St. Joseph remains in outbreak mode, and Marymount Place is now back in outbreak mode. All staff must test weekly for COVID; once if you are up to date with vaccines and boosters and twice weekly if you have an exemption or are not current with vaccine status. All staff must sign in and screen for symptoms daily. They must continue to wear N95 masks and face shields when in the buildings.
Monkeypox can be spread by anyone through close contact, according to fact-checkers
Monkeypox is typically a mild virus that is transmitted between hosts through droplets, contaminated objects and close contact with an infected person, Reuters reports. “While it can be transmitted through close contact during sex, it can also be spread by touching material used by an infected person, their coughs and sneezes, or other skin to skin contact,” Reuters says.
Please take appropriate precautions to protect yourself against COVID when socializing. Stay safe everyone!