Name: Nursing home with coronavirus outbreak has scored poorly in inspections
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Description: The owner of a Durham nursing home where dozens of residents and staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus in the past week or so said his staff followed all safety protocols before the outbreak and has since stepped up its efforts to battle the virus.

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The owner of a Durham nursing home where dozens of residents and staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus in the past week or so said his staff followed all safety protocols before the outbreak and has since stepped up its efforts to battle the virus.

THE STATE HOPES TO BEGIN TAKING THOSE APPLICATIONS AROUND APRIL 25th. >>> GOVERNOR COOPER'S EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLS FOR STEPPED UP MEASURES FOR NURSING HOMES, INCLUDING REQUIRED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SCREENING FOR STAFF. IT COMES IN FACILITIES IN 17 COUNTIES WHICH ARE RECORDING CASES OF COVID-19. ORANGE COUNTY HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN THE STATE. MOST ARE HERE AT PRUITT HEALTH CAROLINA POINT. WRAL SPOKE WITH ONE RESIDENT WHO SPOKE POSITIVE AND IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRACTICES SHE SAYS SHE HAS ENCOUNTERED. >> OUR BUILDING IS GOING TO BE INFECTED. THAT'S LAST NIGHT. NO MASK, NO GLOVES. THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. >> Reporter: WRAL INVESTIGATES CULLEN BROWDER HAS BEEN DIGGING INTO NURSING HOME RECORDS. HE NOW JOINS US LIVE. YOU ALSO QUESTIONED THE CEO OF THE FACILITY WITH THE MOST CASES IN THE STATE AND THAT INCLUDES TWO DEATHS. >> Reporter: RIGHT, DAVID. YOU KNOW, HE OVERSEES THAT FACILITY IN ORANGE COUNTY. WE ARE STANDING IN SOUTHEAST RALEIGH NEAR WAKE MED WHERE SENIOR FACILITIES LINE THIS PARTICULAR ROAD, ALL FILLED WITH THE STATE'S MOST VULNERABLE. WEEKS AGO, THEY PUT IN THE VEST STATION RESTRICTIONS BUT AS WE HAVE ALL LEARNED, THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO STOP THE SPREAD. >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DID EVERYTHING THAT YOU POSSIBLY COULD TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING? >> WE FOLLOWED ALL CDC GUIDELINES. WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES. EVERY SINGLE PARTNER WAS TRAINED ON INFECTION CONTROL. >> Reporter: DESPITE THAT, NEIL PREWITT, THE CEO, SAYS THAT THE CAROLINA FACILITY SAW 66 CASES INCLUDING STAFFERS. >> IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE WHAT IT IS DOING TO THE POPULATION THAT WE SERVE. >> Reporter: WRAL INVESTIGATES WENT THROUGH THE INSPECTION REPORTS WITH ALL THE FACILITIES WITH OUTBREAKS WILL WHILE SOME WHYR COMMON, SOME STOOD OUT. PINEHURST HEALTHCARE & REHABILITATION CENTER HAD TWO STARS AND 82.3 SCORES. THE INSPECTION NOTED THE INFECTION CONTROL POLICY HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR YEARS. PREWITT HEALTH IN ORANGE COUNTY WAS CITED FOR 13 DEFICIENCIES LAST YEAR. THE STATE AVERAGE IS FIVE. ITS HEALTH RATING WAS CATEGORIZED AS, QUOTE, MUCH BELOW AVERAGE. FINALLY, PINEHURST HEALTHCARE & REHABILITATION CENTER IN MOORE COUNTY, MEDICARE GIVE IT A 1 STAR OVERALL RATING AND THE FACILITY HAS BEEN FINED MORE THAN $300,000 IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, MOST OF WHICH CAME AFTER A PATIENT DIED. >> WE KNOW WE HAVE TO RAMP UP OUR EFFORTS AROUND THESE NURSING HOME SETTINGS BECAUSE THE VIRUS DOES SPREAD SO RAPIDLY. >> HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MANDY COHEN ACKNOWLEDGES THE CHALLENGES. >> WE ARE SEEING THAT VIRUS SPREAD FROM PATIENT TO PATIENT. LIKELY THROUGH CONTACT WITH THE WORKERS. >> DO YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE AFRAID TO GO TO WORK? >> YES, WE DO. >> OF COURSE, WE DO. THIS IS A SCARY DISEASE. >> AND PRUITT TELLS ME THEY ARE BRINGING EMERGENCY STAFFERS FROM OTHER FACILITIES TO TRY AND PROVIDE RELIEF. THEY ARE ALSO BRINGING IN EXTRA PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO, AGAIN, DAVID, TRY TO AT LEAST THROW THE SPREAD.

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Nursing home with coronavirus outbreak has scored poorly in inspections

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<p>Hi, everyone. Meteorologist Anthony Baglione here on this Friday where we're still looking at some relatively warm temperatures into this afternoon. 83 is where we should hit for a high temperature. Nice and quiet for us until we get later on into late this afternoon into this evening where we're gonna watch the potential for some showers and storms coming through. Not a ton of activity for us as we head later on into tonight. There's a look at rain chances though. They go up to about 50% as we head into that evening time frame. So if you have any plans tonight, if you want to go out and get a Friday evening dinner or something like that, it might be a good idea to a, get the indoor table and then b bring along the reindeer just in case tonight. Here's a look at Future cast. So we time this out looking pretty quiet here the next couple of hours that band back to our west, it should start to weaken as it gets closer to us. It may try and restrengthen them as we get into. Like there's four o'clock you can see on Futurecast 56 o'clock or so, some of those storms could be on the stronger side and then it pushes out of here as we get later on into tonight and then we see maybe a stray shower potential still outline for tomorrow morning. Here's a look at our severe potential today. Level one out of five for most of the viewing area. What this is saying is there could be some isolated pockets where we get some stronger storms. It looks like the best chances for that would be west of us. But gusty winds would be our primary threat as we get into this evening. 78 is where we go for our Saturday. A huge temperature swing there into Sunday at 59 scattered showers are gonna be likely though, especially Sunday afternoon into Sunday evening, they do start to taper off though late Sunday night. So for the Tar Heel 10 miler, that's tomorrow morning, we are proud partners of that. We're going to see temperatures in the sixties for the majority of the forecast there. A stray showers possible, but most of the morning is looking just fine for that event. Tomorrow. We head over the next seven. We go from 83 today all the way down to 59 on Sunday. A rebound of 66 on Monday and then a nice week next week attempts in the seventies, even a few upper sixties there Thursday looking pretty quiet after we get some rainfall there to close out our weekend.</p>

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After 22 years in business, Armadillo Grill on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh has closed.



WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

Glenwood South staple Armadillo Grill closes

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