A first reported case of COVID-19 within Montreal’s homeless community has prompted concern and questions among those who care for the city’s most vulnerable.
The Old Brewery Mission confirmed that a man who was in line for the food service outside the centre tested positive for the disease, caused by the novel coronavirus.
Montreal police showed up to the scene to inform the individual about his positive test result after he had been screened two days earlier, according to the mission.
Matthew Pearce, the mission’s president and CEO, said the man came into contact with some of their clients on Monday night but that he did not enter the building. “They were not practicing social distancing in a line where you’re hungry and we’re bringing