On Monday, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed an executive order requiring long-term care facilities to notify residents and their family or guardian of a COVID-19 outbreak within 24 hours of confirmation.
Dana Marie Kennedy, state director for AARP Arizona, called Ducey’s order progress.
"It does fall short in total transparency as far as letting the community know where there might be an outbreak."
The state so far has refused to name the facilities with confirmed COVID cases. As of Sunday, 770 nursing home residents had contracted the virus and 112 had died.
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