Interim Guidance for Homeless Service Providers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): May 19, 2020

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  People experiencing homelessness are at risk for infection during community spread of COVID-19. This interim guidance is intended to support response planning by emergency management officials, public health authorities, and homeless service providers, including overnight emergency shelters, day shelters, and meal service providers.
  
  COVID-19 is caused by a new coronavirus. We are learning about how it spreads, how severe it is, and other features of the disease. Transmission of COVID-19 in your community could cause illness among people experiencing homelessness, contribute to an increase in emergency shelter usage, and/or lead to illness and absenteeism among homeless service provider staff.
  
  Early and sustained action to slow the spread of COVID-19 will keep staff and volunteers healthy, and help your organization maintain normal operations.
  
  Community coalition-based COVID-19 prevention and response -- Communication -- Supplies -- Facility layout considerations -- Facility procedure considerations -- COVID-19 Readiness Resources.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Disaster Planning Housing Ill-Housed Persons
• Series:
  Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Identifier:
  CS 316126-A
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3a016e0c3ddaee566a8a20979e9763af61274de45d7f8545c1ce990f7eac762b2e21f93d39a95ea303cc3ba1dd6107aec0588c5f8e6075128620dd04ac018aef
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/88759/cdc_88759_DS1.pdf
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