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Are nursing home residents getting badly needed COVID boosters? Here’s why it’s hard to tell.

Cases of COVID-19 among Pennsylvania nursing home residents are up. “Fully vaccinated at this point should mean that you’ve been boosted, especially in this population,” one expert said.

John Dubyk, president and CEO of Philadelphia Protestant home in the Northeast, stands outside the senior facility. The nursing home had an outbreak of COVID-19 among vaccinated nursing home residents in October and early November. Dubyk is relieved that residents have had booster shots now. There have been no new COVID-19 cases since Nov. 7.
John Dubyk, president and CEO of Philadelphia Protestant home in the Northeast, stands outside the senior facility. The nursing home had an outbreak of COVID-19 among vaccinated nursing home residents in October and early November. Dubyk is relieved that residents have had booster shots now. There have been no new COVID-19 cases since Nov. 7.Read moreTYGER WILLIAMS / Staff Photographer