Nine Michigan nuns have died from COVID-19 after a massive outbreak at the Adrian Dominican Campus in Michigan.
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The outbreak took place at the Motherhouse campus after 48 out of 217 residents tested positive for the coronavirus. Those who died from the virus were identified as–Dorothea Gramlich, 81, Helen Laier, 88, Jeannine Therese McGorray, 86, Charlotte Moser, 86, Esther Ortega, 86, Mary Lisa Rieman, 79, Ann Rena Shinkey, 87, Margaret Ann Swallow, 97, and Mary Irene Wischmeyer, 94. They died last month and already had pre-existing health conditions.
Sister Patricia Siemen said the campus managed to keep the virus under control shortly before Christmas.
“We spent nine months keeping the coronavirus at bay. Right before Christmas, it slipped in,”
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According to MSN, residents at the campus and their frontline workers received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on January 15 and more are expected to receive it. The organization said in a statement that they are continuing stricter practices to prevent the spread of the virus.
“The care and safety of our Sisters and Co-workers have been and remain our primary concern. We continue to practice stringent protocols, including dedicated floors for COVID-19 patients, quarantines within our living communities, and weekly testing of all residents and Co-workers to mitigate further spread of the virus,”