Photos: In France, a nursing home takes on COVID-19 and wins

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Photos: In France, a nursing home takes on COVID-19 and wins

Measures the nursing home took to keep COVID-19 at bay was both drastic & effective

Published: May 04, 2020 16:22 AP and compiled by Balaram Menon, Digital Content Editor

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_France_Nursing_Home_Heroes_21918.jpg-6a866-1588594446653 — A nurse leaves the Vilanova nursing home in Corbas, near Lyon, central France. For 47 days and nights, staff and the 106 residents of the Vilanova nursing home on the outskirts of the east-central city of Lyon waited out the coronavirus storm together, while the illness killed tens of thousands of people in other homes across Europe, including more than 9,000 in France. Because staff and residents were locked in together, Vilanova didn't have to confine people to their rooms like other homes to shield them from the risk of infection brought in from outside Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_France_Nursing_Home_Heroes_48979.jpg-715e3-1588594431534 — Residents play inside the Vilanova nursing home in Corbas. As the coronavirus cut a deadly path through nursing homes, staff locked themselves in with the 106 residents at this care home to stop coronavirus from infecting and killing the vulnerable older adults in their care, and they have not had any people falling victim to the virus. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_France_Nursing_Home_Heroes_63034.jpg-ce90a-1588594437559 — A nurse works with residents inside the Vilanova nursing home. The home has had zero virus cases so far. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_France_Nursing_Home_Heroes_50065.jpg-980dc~1-1588594435678 — Residents show posters reading "Thank you for everything". Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_France_Nursing_Home_Heroes_19766.jpg-07a89-1588594427500 — Resident of Vilanova nursing home Mr Chatal smiles during a fake wedding with a nurse. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_France_Nursing_Home_Heroes_21932.jpg-8909e~1-1588594433651 — Vilanova nursing home residents pose with a nurse. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_France_Nursing_Home_Heroes_15488.jpg-af8b7~1-1588594429359 — A board reads "55 days without any visit, 44 days of confinement for the team and still together with heart" inside the Vilanova nursing home. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_France_Nursing_Home_Heroes_34016.jpg-6a9d6-1588594450201 — Nurses leave the Vilanova nursing home in Corbas, near Lyon, central France. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_France_Nursing_Home_Heroes_01866.jpg-afe94-1588594441646 — A resident watches nurses leaving the Vilanova nursing home. Image Credit: AP

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