Posted: Feb 17, 2021 9:04 PM ET | Last Updated: February 18
On Feb. 13, the city reported that there was one variant of concern at the Maxwell Meighen Centre, a shelter funded by the city but run by the Salvation Army on Sherbourne Street near Queen Street East.(Ivan Arsovski/CBC)
Toronto s medical officer of health says she is concerned about the presence of COVID-19 variants of concern within the city s homeless shelter system.
Dr. Eileen de Villa confirmed Wednesday that there is now more than one COVID-19 case involving a variant at a city shelter, but she did not provide details on which shelters have variants of concern or which variant is present in the shelters. She said there are a total of 56 confirmed variant of concern cases in Toronto.
20 residents at downtown homeless shelter test positive for COVID-19
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Seaton House is Toronto s largest homeless shelter located near Jarvis and Gerrard streets.
A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at one of Toronto’s largest homeless shelters.
20 residents at Seaton House, near Jarvis Street and Gerrard Street, have tested positive for COVID-19.
Mary-Anne Bedard, the General Manager of the city’s Shelter, Support and Housing Administration says additional testing will be done on Thursday.
Bedard said all clients have been transported to a recovery site while the shelter implements measures to try and control the outbreak.
All of the positive cases come from the shelters hostel program and Bedard says they will be testing other floors and programs as a safety precaution.
20 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 at Seaton House, Toronto officials say
Twenty residents of a large homeless shelter in Toronto have tested positive for COVID-19, city officials said on Wednesday.
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Additional testing will be done at the shelter on Thursday to try to control outbreak, city says
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Posted: Feb 03, 2021 11:09 PM ET | Last Updated: February 4
City officials say testing will be done at Seaton House on Thursday after 20 residents tested positive for the novel coronavirus.(City of Toronto)
Twenty residents of a large homeless shelter in Toronto have tested positive for COVID-19, city officials said on Wednesday.