The importance of hand-washing is an obvious takeaway
As the Wanaque virus outbreak winds down, people are searching for lessons about how to avoid similar tragedies, according to an article on the North Jersey website.
The importance of hand-washing is an obvious takeaway.
Also,long-term care centers for children need more rooms for potential isolation purposes.
At Wanaque, there was no room to isolate patients until mid-November, when deaths and hospitalizations had created enough vacancies in the ventilator unit
December 21, 2018
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