New Jersey health officials on Oct. 31 confirmed four adenovirus cases at Voorhees (N.J.) Pediatric Facility. The outbreak involves a less-deadly viral strain than the one responsible for killing 10 and sickening 27 pediatric patients at Wanaque (N.J.) Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, according to NJSpotlight.
Officials at Voorhees Pediatric Facility identified the first adenovirus case Oct. 26. All four cases at the facility occurred between October 20-27. A DOH team visited the facility Oct. 30 and issued no citations or violations. State health investigators said the outbreak does not pose a lethal threat to infected patients.
The New Jersey Department of Health is working with Camden County health officials and Voorhees' administrators to control the outbreak and identify other cases.
"The pediatric patients in Voorhees do not have the severity of illnesses we're seeing among residents at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation," Shereef Elnahal, MD, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health, told NJSpotlight. "While we cannot release private medical information, these patients in Voorhees are not in critical condition."
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