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Widespread COVID-19 outbreaks in Toronto’s shelters ‘inevitable’ without proper equipment, distancing, says advocacy group
An advocacy group of health-care providers says “widespread outbreaks” in Toronto’s shelter system are inevitable without more action. Frontline advocates have said there needs to be a mass movement of shelter clients into empty hotels. The HPAP survey found only two agencies reported adequate space between residents for sleeping — at least six feet apart. She was working at Seaton House on Wednesday, a mens’ shelter where a case of COVID-19 was confirmed earlier this week. “HPAP found that widespread outbreaks of COVID-19 across the shelter system are inevitable without immediate action.”
Source: thestar April 09, 2020 21:00 UTC
