Longview Regional Medical Center restricts patient visitation as COVID cases surge

LONGVIEW – Longview Regional Medical Center is updating its guidelines for visitors as COVID cases, particularly involving the delta variant, have continued to rise in East Texas and across the country. According to our news partner KETK, effective immediately, each patient will be allowed one visitor per day during visitor hours. These run from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All visitors will need to wear masks, regardless of their vaccination status. The hospital is also asking all visitors to be fully vaccinated when possible. Any visitor who has come in contact with someone who is positive for COVID-19, or is experiencing symptoms, will be barred from entering the hospital. The facilities also may “need to limit the total number of visitors…in order to maintain recommended infection control precautions,” according to a hospital statement.