Charlene Harrington, a UC San Francisco professor who studies nursing homes, said the numbers are “scary” but not surprising. “The government and the nursing homes are not doing what they need to do to stop it,” Harrington said. In Los Angeles County, health officials have called for widespread testing in nursing homes. FCI Lompoc and Terminal Island now account for about 47% of all the federal inmates who have tested positive nationwide. Santa Barbara County has 1,032 cases with about 80% being in the federal prison complex.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 09, 2020 02:38 UTC