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The Wednesday before Christmas, three men at the Beacon of Hope men’s shelter learned that they tested positive for COVID-19, according to the shelter’s executive director, Steve Roe.
And in the week that followed, four more men tested positive.
“Our guys are getting sick,” Roe said. “We have more testing positive every day and some are pretty sick.”
Roe announced on Wednesday that the shelter has been locked down.
“I feel I have no choice but to go into lockdown,” he said. “No one in and no one out.”
About 32 men stay at the shelter. The oldest resident is in his late 70s. The youngest is about 25.