DeSantis blocks releasing name of infected nursing home

INweekly has been told by city of Pensacola officials that Governor Ron DeSantis and ACHA (Florida Agency for Health Care Administration) have “absolutely forbidden” the release on the names of long-term care facilities infected with COVID-19. The reason passed along to the city is the state doesn’t want to panic families and have they take patients out of infected facilities.

The newspaper asked if officials would at least issue the zip code of the infected facility so families could call those within that zip code area. We’re waiting on a response.

Meanwhile, the management of the nursing home that Inweekly suspects is infected has not answered inquiries from the paper or confirmed our reports.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”