VA reports five coronavirus cases as it steps up screening, restrictions at medical centers
Veterans Affairs medical facilities across the country are screening patients and restricting visitors to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus as the agency grapples with five cases of COVID-19.VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said visitors will not be allowed at all in the agency’s 135 nursing homes, which house more than 8,000 veterans, saying those facilities are “going into an emergency situation.”One veteran has a confirmed case of the virus, VA officials said. […]
