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Island Health top doctor says they were caught ‘totally unawares’ by lack of isolation spots
In a media availability on Friday, CMHO Dr. Richard Stanwick said the spaces that would have previously been used as COVID isolation spots for unhoused people have been "repurposed by the hotel industry into rooms for paying tourist guests." Responding to reports of people living in tents with COVID having to pack up their tent and move elsewhere during the day, he added that even if 24/7 camping were still allowed in Victoria, a tent is not an adequate place to self-isolate. Island Health is currently seeking places where COVID-positive individuals can safely stay.
who is still in tents? I thought we solved homelessness.
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 26 September 2021 - 12:47 PM.