A Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory employee processes a COVID-19 test.
The Times-Standard reports that the Alder Bay Assisted Living Facility in Eureka is facing staffing shortages in the wake of a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility that has left two residents dead.
The story quotes Alder Bay’s administrator Mark Stephenson as saying everyone is receiving their needed care but “staffing is a serious issue.”
Seven residents and five staff members have tested positive for the virus since May 11.