{"id":110416,"date":"2021-12-27T19:36:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T00:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=110416"},"modified":"2021-12-27T19:36:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T00:36:25","slug":"update-on-gracedale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=110416","title":{"rendered":"Update on Gracedale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>As of December 27<sup>th<\/sup>, there are zero cases of COVID-19 among Gracedale residents. Fourteen staff members have tested positive for the virus and are currently in quarantine.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Currently, 92% of residents have been vaccinated with 71% also having received the booster; 87% of healthcare workers are vaccinated. Gracedale continues to offer vaccination clinics as well as booster shots against the virus. Visits are still being scheduled, but all visitors are requested to wear N-95 or K-95 masks while in the facility.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cThe vaccinations are helping to suppress infections at Gracedale,\u201d says Administrator Jennifer Stewart-King. \u201cWe continue to wear masks, practice proper hand hygiene and use social distancing to protect our most vulnerable residents.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cI want to remind everyone that the pandemic isn\u2019t over yet and flu season has also started,\u201d says Lamont McClure. \u201cWe are taking every precaution at Gracedale to protect our most vulnerable residents. Please get vaccinated and, if you begin showing symptoms, get tested and quarantine.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Employees and residents of Gracedale began receiving vaccinations against COVID-19 in December 2020.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBecky Bartlett<br \/>\nDeputy Director of Administration<br \/>\nNorthampton County Government Center<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of December 27th, there are zero cases of COVID-19 among Gracedale residents. Fourteen staff members have tested positive for the virus and are currently in quarantine. &nbsp; Currently, 92% &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=110416\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Update on Gracedale<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,5738,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Gracedale-Nursing.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}