UMass Memorial banning visitors to University Campus
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UMass Memorial Medical Center's University Campus in Worcester
UMass Memorial Medical Center is no longer allowing visitors to its University Campus in Worcester in a new policy started Tuesday night.
The policy change comes as the campus is seeing a rising number of coronavirus cases, a trend taking place both statewide and nationally. In the most recent data available from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, UMass Memorial's University Campus had 10 inpatient coronavirus cases, with three in intensive care as of Nov. 1.
The Memorial Campus had a higher count, with 22 inpatient cases and seven in the ICU. UMass Memorial is continuing to allow visitors to that site.
The latest change comes a week after UMass Memorial made changes in certain aspects of its visitor policy at both Worcester campuses.
Beginning Nov. 3, the hospital began allowing only one visitor per day for patients who haven't been diagnosed with coronavirus or are under investigation of having it. Patients who have coronavirus or are under investigation are not allowed any visitors, nor are ambulatory patients. One exception is allowing two visitors for patients in end-of-life care who don't have coronavirus.
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