Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「Clarence John Hill Jr. didn’t know his father had Covid-19 until the bill from the funeral home arrived. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ His father was a resident at a state-run facility for retired servicemen and women in Alabama, where 96 residents have tested positive for coronavirus and 46 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Family members of residents at the Alabama home said it was slow to identify residents who became sick with the coronavirus, with testing delayed by national shortages, and that it didn’t sufficiently separate residents who became ill. Some family members said the home didn’t update them on residents’ conditions, despite repeated phone calls, and that when testing results did come in, they weren’t notified quickly—or at all.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ “We didn’t even have an opportunity to even say, ‘I’ll take the chance of catching Covid myself. Let me see my father before he passes away,’ “ said Hill, pictured here with his two children and the burial flag honoring his veteran father.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Of the America’s 150 government-run veteran homes, thousands of residents have caught the virus and hundreds have died. Many homes like the one in Alabama faced staffing shortages and a lack of tests and protective gear early in the pandemic, like other long-term care facilities. Health-care officials say state-run facilities are, in addition, chronically understaffed. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more at the link in our bio. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 📷: @plusbob for @wsjphotos⁠⠀」12月16日 9時07分