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Vaccination of Toronto s homeless well underway with about 1,000 getting a shot
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Advocates warn of potential crisis as Toronto s shelter system faces rising COVID-19 cases
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Seaton House, the largest homeless shelter in Toronto, has one case of COVID-19 and was added this week to the list of local shelters with outbreaks.(City of Toronto)
City officials say they are working to contain COVID-19 outbreaks at 10 homeless shelters in Toronto that have left 66 unhoused people infected with the virus.
As of Tuesday at 2 p.m., Roehampton Residence, a shelter hotel, and the Salvation Army-Maxwell Meighen Centre, a shelter for men, have 16 cases each. Warden Woods Community Centre respite services has 11 cases.
Seaton House, the city s largest shelter, was added to the list this week with one case.
Toronto’s pandemic isolation centre for the homeless faces capacity crunch as COVID-19 cases rise in shelters Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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COVID-19 is again on the rise among Toronto’s homeless – considered among the most vulnerable potential victims of the virus – with outbreaks at seven shelters and 43 recent cases among people living on the streets.
With case counts rising amid fears of a more potent British variant of the virus, the City of Toronto’s shelters division says its pandemic isolation centre for the homeless could soon run out of room, forcing it to find other places for people with nowhere else to go to quarantine.
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