EARLY RELEASE: Facility-Wide Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Nursing Homes - Seven U.S. Jurisdictions, March-June 2020

Published on August 11, 2020

This report describes health department efforts to target facility-wide testing for SARS-CoV-2 within nursing homes.

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