Bridge to Home in Newhall has seen its first surge of COVID-19 cases among shelter residents, as 17 clients tested positive for the virus and have been transferred to a COVID shelter in Pomona, and the other BTH residents are quarantining, shelter officials said Wednesday.
The other residents at the temporary Bridge to Home Shelter location at the Newhall Community Center are quarantining.
Bridge to Home’s intake services department will remain open but clients seeking shelter will be referred to other shelters during this period.
Once a client tests positive, they are transferred to the Pomona shelter for isolation, observation, and treatment. When those clients recover and are no longer contagious, they will be able to return to Bridge to Home.