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The first phase allows outdoor visits between residents and families if the facility has completed mass testing.
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The Great Plains Area Director for IHS says the CMS agreement will help expand services at the Pine Ridge hospital.
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The top doctor at Sanford Health says South Dakota will continue a pilot study of the drug hydroxychloroquine, but the drug will not go to people who are sick with COVID-19.
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People over age 65 are among the most vulnerable to COVID-19, and the pandemic is straining already under-funded nursing homes.
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Good Samaritan Society tested all residents and employees in a Sioux Falls facility and discovered several asymptomatic carriers. It's an option most facilities don't have.
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Avera says it's possible an employee without symptoms unknowingly transmitted the disease.
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State officials say there are no new presumptive positive cases of COVID 19. There are 41 pending test kits that they say will get announced by noon on Friday.
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Avera, Sanford, and Monument Health are changing visitation policies to limit spread of COVID-19.
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Officials say five people from five different counties in South Dakota tested positive for COVID-19.
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Special Olympics South Dakota is cancelling its state basketball tournament and suspending all other sport events due to coronavirus concerns.