St. Peter's Health Care updates COVID precautions for visitors

TROY, NY (WRGB) — COVID protocols for visitors at St. Peter's Health Care locations will change starting April 25th. Patients will be allowed one visitor per day now.

Those visitors will be required to wear a mask, undergo a temperature screening, and check in with nurses upon arrival and departure.

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This applies to St. Peter's Hospital and Samaritan Hospital. The reason for the change -- the rising COVID-19 cases. On Friday, both Albany and Rensselaer Counties were added to the CDC's high risk list.