HERKIMER, N.Y. — High rates of COVID-19 throughout New York have left the majority of its nursing homes closed for most indoor visits despite relaxed guidance meant to help open them up for visitors.
A little more than half of New York nursing homes were ineligible for indoor visits in mid-March.
New York updated its visitation rules Thursday in a way that will now allow visits to resume under certain conditions, even if a resident has recently tested positive.
But that relaxed standard might not clear the way for visitation in many homes having trouble keeping the virus out.
