JL Long Middle School has a confirmed case of COVID
The child does not live at Fowler
The first death of a man at a senior community in Arlington was confirmed yesterday. He was hospitalized on March 12, tested March 14th, passed away March 16th, test confirmed COVID-19 March 17th. Local community spread case, no travel. Arlington and Ft Worth health departments are working jointly with the senior community on the continued investigation. Every individual at the community will be tested.
Trump has evoked the Defense Production Act and to our knowledge that hasn’t been evoked since War World II
FEMA is activated in every region
Dept of Defense has 5 million N95 mask available for front line healthcare workers
HHS has enacted a regulation to allow all doctors and medical personal to provide care across stateliness
All non-essential travel stopped at the Canadian Border
CMS has requested a delay in all elective procedures for both medical and dental
Department of Veteran Affairs is prepared to enact the 4th step in their mission to act as a buttress to meet any crisis at the direction of the President
The mortality rate will continue to rapidly expand as we are at the beginning of the pandemic. The deaths so far are from infections from two to three weeks ago. We have 97 deaths so far in the US and the death rate from Monday to Tuesday increased by 10%
Dallas county has drive through testing sites up and running. They are primarily for healthcare workers, seniors, and emergency responders
Dallas city council is meeting today
All non-employee essential care givers that are allowed on our campus, are only allowed in the resident’s room they are caring for
If any care giver does not follow these guidelines, they will not longer be able to enter the community
Groceries orders are taking longer than expected due to the rise in orders, most that we put in yesterday are coming Friday
FCA- Mobile banking started today, the flyer of the where and when was in the packet you should have received last night
All residents that must leave the community for essential medical treatment, must check in and be screened at the designated area in each program EVERYTIME
JLC resident council has been cancelled for this week
