nursing homes

Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, fear, frustration and resolve mount in Maryland nursing homes, on the front lines of an emerging hotspot in the hardest-hit nation in the world.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday announced the creation of new healthcare and logistics “strike teams” to provide immediate support to nursing homes experiencing outbreaks of coronavirus cases across the state.

In nursing homes with vulnerable residents, the coronavirus is cutting a particularly deadly path. And the nation’s lack of testing, coupled with its inability to effectively trace the contacts of those infected, has left local and state health departments blind in the battle to intervene.