Fraser Health declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the Surrey Emergency Response Centre (SERC) on January 23, 2021. The health authority reports that two staff members and 24 homeless people have tested positive for the coronavirus.
They have also reported asking those who tested positive to self isolate. This is, of course, extremely difficult for unhoused people. Policing and criminalization have compounded the health threats of COVID.
The SERC is supposed to provide shelter during the pandemic and claims to have 110 safe spaces. Shelters are too often not safe and are environments in which transmissions can easily occur.
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