‘It’s a scary time’: Several COVID-19 outbreaks reported at Toronto shelters
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Shelters where outbreaks are currently happening include Covenant house on Gerrard Street, Turning Point Youth Services on Wellesley Street and Na-Me-Res on Vaughan Road.
Toronto’s shelter system is currently experiencing multiple COVID-19 outbreaks, according to the city’s COVID-19 data.
Shelters where outbreaks are currently happening include Covenant house on Gerrard Street, Turning Point Youth Services on Wellesley Street and Na-Me-Res on Vaughan Road.
“What we do in those situations is that we of course cancel any new admissions to those particular shelters. We are, at this time, asking those individuals in those shelters to isolate in situ, so they will stay in those shelters,” said Brad Ross, chief communications officer with the City of Toronto.
“We have mobile peer-support teams for harm reduction, for example, so people in the shelters have that support that need and the medical support that they need.”
With the threat of Omicron, outreach worker Lorraine Lam said people who are experiencing homelessness are scared and frustrated.
“People are feeling frustrated. This feels like it’s been going on for so long and this community is constantly left behind in terms of safety precautions and actionable items that the city can do to take preventative measures to protect,” she said.
Lam said with colder weather arriving, many of those experiencing homeless say they feel conflicted on where to go.
“The fear is, do I want to go inside to a congregate setting where we know that Omicron is so infectious … and risk getting COVID or do I stay outside where I know it’s safer but it’s freezing out,” she said, adding there is a need for more rapid testing, PPE and recovery space for those who are ill with COVID-19.
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