LACONIA — The advice for people who have tested positive for coronavirus is to self-quarantine, but if the person with the positive test is a homeless person, where does he or she go? She said that another big question is who would staff a facility for quarantined homeless people. Homeless people are some of the most medically compromised in our population and many are elderly and at significant risk. Scott McNeil said steps have been taken to increase social distancing among the homeless who use his emergency shelter. In the emergency shelter, we’ve flipped sleeping quarters to increase the separation.”He said many homeless people practice social distancing as a habit.

Source: Daily Sun March 20, 2020 23:15 UTC