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Feds seek data about COVID-19 nursing home deaths from 4 states
https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/doj-seeks-data-covid-19-nursing-home-deaths-4-states/507-e289e5f5-1beb-40b5-8a24-df2dfc13418fThe Department of Justice is trying to determine whether state orders requiring admission of coronavirus patients to nursing homes could have led to deaths.
Author: BERNARD CONDON Associated Press
Published: 3:02 PM CDT August 26, 2020
Updated: 3:02 PM CDT August 26, 2020
The Justice Department is seeking data about “orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents,” sending letters Wednesday to the governors of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Officials say Wednesday that the Justice Department’s civil rights division is evaluating whether to initiate investigations under a federal law that protects the rights of people in state-run nursing homes and other facilities.
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