Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevalence in Homeless Shelters — Four U.S. Cities, March 27–April 15, 2020

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Mosites, Emily ; Parker, Erin M. ; Clarke, Kristie E. N. ; Gaeta, Jessie M. ; Baggett, Travis P. ; Imbert, Elizabeth ; Sankaran, Madeline ; Scarborough, Ashley ; Huster, Karin ; Hanson, Matt ; Gonzales, Elysia ; Rauch, Jody ; Page, Libby ; McMichael, Temet M. ; Keating, Ryan ; Marx, Grace E. ; Andrews, Tom ; Schmit, Kristine ; Morris, Sapna Bamrah ; Dowling, Nicole F. ; Peacock, Georgina ; Buff, Ann ; Jamison, Calla ; Marcus, Ruthanne ; Rao, Carol Y. ; Self, Julie L. ; Tobolowsky, Farrell ; Williams, Samantha ; Kay, Meagan ; Bobba, Naveena ; Cohen, Stephanie ; Fuchs, Jonathan ; Nguyen, Trang ; Stoltey, Julie
• Corporate Authors:
  COVID-19 Homelessness Team
• Description:
  In the United States, approximately 1.4 million persons access emergency shelter or transitional housing each year (1). These settings can pose risks for communicable disease spread. In late March and early April 2020, public health teams responded to clusters (two or more cases in the preceding 2 weeks) of coronaVirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in residents and staff members from five homeless shelters in Boston, Massachusetts (one shelter); San Francisco, California (one); and Seattle, Washington (three). The investigations were performed in coordination with academic partners, health care providers, and homeless service providers. Investigations included reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction tTesting at commercial and public health laboratories for SARS-CoV-2, the Virus that causes COVID-19, over approximately 1-2 weeks for residents and staff members at the five shelters. During the same period, the team in Seattle, Washington, also tested residents and staff members at 12 shelters where a single case in each had been identified. In Atlanta, Georgia, a team proactively tested residents and staff members at two shelters with no known COVID-19 cases in the preceding 2 weeks. In each city, the objective was to test all shelter residents and staff members at each assessed facility, irrespective of symptoms. Persons who tested positive were transported to hospitals or predesignated community isolation areas.
• Subjects:
  BetacoronaVirus Cities CoronaVirus Infections COVID-19 Housing Humans Ill-Housed Persons Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Prevalence
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 69(17):521-522
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  32352957
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7206983
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Atlanta, GA ; Boston, MA ; San Francisco, CA ; Washington, DC
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  17
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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