Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ( Office of Gov. Tom Wolf )HARRISBURG, Pa. - The administration of Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday backed off its demand that nursing homes test all residents and staff for the new coronavirus weekly, instead ordering them to complete a single baseline test.Wolf had vowed last month that weekly testing would start June 1, saying his administration had a plan in place to accomplish it.
Health experts were skeptical, citing logistical, operational and financial hurdles to an ambitious testing regime that would have involved well over 100,000 people in long-term care homes statewide.Dr.
Rachel Levine, the state health secretary, on Monday ordered nursing homes to conduct a baseline test of all residents and staff by July 24..