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These quarantine quarters are a mix of unused housing, new builds, and empty office spaces. It depends on what the village has available.
The Native Village of Hooper Bay, one of the biggest communities in the Y-K Delta at 1,300 residents, found that it had three apartments sitting unused, so the tribe offered them up as quarantine housing. The apartments are fully equipped with furniture and food, and they’ve even provided for potential boredom: one apartment has board games, and the other two have DVD players. Tribal Administrator Paula Hill said that they have really sought to encourage people to use them, especially since an Elder died after contracting the virus in neighboring Chevak.