CHARLESTON, W.Va. – They can't get taxis or child care. Two were refused service at a gas station. Another's trip to a pharmacy prompted a concerned call.
Staffers at a nursing home dubbed “ ground zero ” for West Virginia's growing coronavirus caseload have been treated as pariahs for their close proximity to the infection cluster, officials said Friday. “It's heartbreaking for them," Carl Shrader, medical director for the Sundale nursing home, told The Associated Press in an interview. “And they're already in a fragile place from what they're being asked to do.” Twenty-one residents and eight staffers at the Morgantown nursing home have tested positive for the virus since the first case was discovered Sunday.