Coronavirus continues to pummel Oregon senior care homes as state mulls allowing more visitors

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All 30 residents in Flagstone Senior Living's memory care wing became infected with the coronavirus and 12 of them have died -- highlighting concerns that some facilities might not be ready to accept visitors. File photo

The package Judy Cornell mailed to The Dalles contained gloves, two masks and a letter exhorting her 95-year-old mother to protect herself.

The coronavirus had started to spread in Flagstone Senior Living, and Cornell feared that her mother, who had dementia and lived in the memory care home, was in danger.

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