Dr.

Jen Ashen joins us now and Dr Jen from the reporting Tonight we've learned that tomb or nursing homes have been affected in Washington state.

We know the elderly are the most vulnerable to this virus.

Do we know why it's hitting nursing homes?

Well, you have to understand in a in a skilled nursing home facility, it's really a revolving door of sorts.

You have patients going in and out from hospitals to hospitals in and out of the community.

You have visitors, including grandchildren, coming in on a regular basis.

And you have staff who oftentimes will leave that nursing home job and not only go to their homes, but possibly to other jobs as well.

So it's a really right population to be at risk for this.

So what can we do to help prevent elderly people from contracting the virus?

Well, I think a couple of things time, and the first thing is we have to start seeing what we do as a buffer for the vulnerable population.

So things like school closings restricting large gatherings and even working from home if possible, especially the school closings.

Remember, a lot of those grandchildren go to visit their grand parents so they could be a vector of spread.

And then I think also, when you look at this nursing home outbreak situation, it's about isolating the ill.

It's about contact tracing to try to figure out who else may be at risk and again testing everyone.

The testing is key.

Dr.

Jenn Ashton for us tonight.

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