Rosewalk Village 6pm

Rosewalk Village 6pm

A nursing home is finally issuing a response to its covid-19 outbreak that has left 5 people dead.

Rosewalk village says 50 people have been diagnosed with the illness within the last month.

News 18's marvin bills spent today at the long term care facility.

He joins us live with how rosewalk village is now taking care of patients.

Good evening jordan and to you all at home.

I've spent the day working to get a representative from rosewalk village to talk with me.

The company respectively declined to do so on camera.

They did however release a statement which you can view now on your screen.

Here's the statement rosewalk village sent to me.

"given the unprecedented critical needs of residents, rosewalk village of lafayette implemented best practices for clinical care and infection control, conducting comprehensive testing and providing daily, proactive communication to residents, their designated representatives and employees."

You can read their full statement on our website at wlfi dot com.

You'll also find a statement the company released responding to allegations that residents here are being mistreated during this time ad lib... live in lafayette, marvin bills news 18.