City officials planned for an outbreak before it happened and used a coalition of agencies and community groups to meet homeless people where they live. Officials eventually declared an emergency and sent nurses out with homeless service workers to visit people living in parks and ravines. When a hepatitis A outbreak was reported in the Boston area last spring, Worcester’s health officials geared up. ‘GLAD IT HAPPENED’Some homeless people and drug users in Worcester said they were steered to vaccinations by team members. McMahon, the 26-year-old, was one of the early cases in the Worcester outbreak.

Source: National Post March 12, 2019 12:00 UTC