National Guard helping local medical center

Lending medical aid

Like so many places mower county is seeing a jump in covid?

"*19 numbers.

Some of those cases are linked to a care center in austin.

Kimt news 3's maleeha kamal has more on how that center is dealing with the outbreak.

I'm at sacred heart care center in austin... and a few national guard have been assigned to help this facility battle covid?

"*19.

This pink sign has been placed on the front door... to let outsiders know they can't enter.

The center is experiencing an outbreak.

Mower county emergency manager amy lammey says it will take community efforts to fight this virus.

Graphic: "the national guard came in to assist with the nursing home to back fill some of those positions for a two week period.

They are working twelve hour shifts.

There is one nurse and four techs.

It's tremendous support because they are pretrained.

They are ready to hit the ground and start working.

The emergency manager says the guard will continue to help this facility and others in the area with lammey says the facility is being provided an abundance of masks and gowns.