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nursing homes Benches sit empty Saturday outside the assisted living section of Universal Health Care of Lillington. The Harnett County nursing home has experienced one of the state's largest outbreaks of coronavirus cases, with 75 confirmed cases in staff and residents, and seven resident deaths from related illness, according to data the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services released Friday. Melissa Sue Gerrits / Carolina Public Press
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NC still lacks plan for regular mass testing in nursing homes

by NC Watchdog Reporting Network July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

Routine COVID-19 testing of staffing and residents in nursing homes is crucial, experts say. But NC plans for testing don’t go that far.

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