SIDEBAR: Orange County, NC Interdisciplinary "Strike Team" Supports High-Risk Congregate Living Facilities in COVID-19 Response.

Many occupants of congregate living facilities are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 due to older age or underlying health conditions. Asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic carriage of SARS-CoV-2 in skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents is common. Proactive steps should be taken to curb the spread of COVID-19 in high-risk congregate living facilities, including the identification and exclusion from facility entry of potentially infected visitors and staff, active surveillance for potentially infected residents, and implementation of appropriate infection control and prevention measures.