FOX 29's Joyce Evans has the latest. MARPLE TOWNSHIP - The National Guard deployed a medical task force to a Delaware County nursing facility on Saturday.
Joint force 'Medical Strike Team' arrived will reportedly support employees at Broomhall Rehabilitation and Nursing Center after a staff shortage.
Twelve medics from Task Force Ghostrider and six nurses from the Pennsylvania National Guard reportedly make up the special operations force.
This mission is being directed by the Delaware County Department of Emergency Services. While the elderly population is at high-risk for contracting and spreading the novel coronavirus, Delaware County at large is among the state's hardest hit.