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Penticton church prepared to shelter homeless if COVID-19 outbreak occurs

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B.C.’s housing agency continues to mobilize temporary sites in the province’s southern interior to house the region’s most vulnerable citizens if a COVID-19 outbreak were to occur.

Eighty beds are being assembled at the Old Victory Church in Penticton for people experiencing homelessness to self-isolate.

A total of five sites with 137 spaces have been identified in Penticton. The temporary accommodations are not only for symptomatic people to recover and self-isolate, but also those who are immunocompromised or otherwise at high risk for contracting COVID-19. “At this time, there is no need to activate such a facility but supplies have been delivered to the site in the event we need to support people there,” said spokesperson Samantha

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