Tale of two assisted living centers at heart of the coronavirus pandemic

27/04/2020 29 min
Tale of two assisted living centers at heart of the coronavirus pandemic

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Episode Synopsis

What can Oregonians learn from the coronavirus outbreak at two very different facilities – a veterans’ home in Lebanon and a Southeast Portland care facility that is now home to the state’s largest outbreak? Health reporter Fedor Zarkhin talks tried to answer that question and described his extensive reporting on the COVID-19 outbreaks at each of those two statewide hot spots.
Here are five of Fedor's essential stories from those facilities:

"They were going down fast"

Inside the Lebanon veteran's home

The world's oldest coronavirus survivor?

The state withheld extent of virus at nursing homes

10 residents dead at Southeast Portland center


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