COVID-19 pandemic will close at the end of the month.The City of Edmonton announced Wednesday that the shelter at the Expo Centre, which opened in March, will close at the end of the day July 31.
City of Edmonton working to get more showers for EXPO Centre COVID-19 facility The city said an average of 675 people visited the Expo Centre on a daily basis for a meal, a shower, to do laundry or to access medical, housing or financial support.The large facility allowed for safe physical distancing and no cases of COVID-19 have been reported to date in Edmonton’s homeless population, according to the city.“From the beginning of this pandemic, we were very concerned for our vulnerable population,” Mayor Don Iveson said Wednesday.“We understood.