Some of Regina’s most vulnerable residents could find themselves out in the cold as two of the city’s go-to shelters shutter amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Carmichael Outreach posted a notice on its website Monday stating it has closed its 12th Avenue centre until further notice.
The Salvation Army Waterston House is suspending its emergency shelter as of Thursday, Maj. Wayne McDonough told Global News. “It’s a big challenge for this entire community,” McDonough said of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new novel coronavirus.
As of Tuesday, there were two confirmed and six presumptive cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. Where officials are recommending social distancing, self-isolation and in serious instances, quarantine, those in need of a