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Main Street Project offers warm place for city s homeless, but pandemic creates new level of agony By: Ryan Thorpe | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 Save to Read Later
When the temperature drops below -30 C overnight, Sean will be safe and warm inside Main Street Project, having traded a bus shack for a shelter bed two nights ago after the cold snap descended on southern Manitoba.
Winnipeg Free Press
When the temperature drops below -30 C overnight, Sean will be safe and warm inside Main Street Project, having traded a bus shack for a shelter bed two nights ago after the cold snap descended on southern Manitoba.
WECHU CEO Theresa Marentette said 14 of those who died recently had lived in seniors homes.
Nearly half the facilities in the region 21 homes remain in outbreak and there are hundreds of COVID-19 cases among residents and staff. Meanwhile, efforts to vaccinate residents, staff and essential caregivers in retirement homes are ongoing, Marentette said.
After Tuesday, vaccinations at 13 of the region s 24 homes are expected to be complete, she said.
Dr. Wajid Ahmed, medical officer of health, said he wasn t aware of what the new restrictions will entail but said measures that restrict the number of people gathering together would be a welcome sign.
Two outbreaks are active at Windsor Regional Hospital s Ouellette campus.
Three community settings Salvation Army Centre of Hope and two Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario locations are also in active outbreak.
Outbreaks are active at 19 workplaces:
Four in Leamington s agriculture sector.
Five in Kingsville s agriculture sector.
Three in Windsor s health care and social assistance sector.
One in Leamington s health care and social assistance sector.
One in Windsor s food and beverage service sector.
One in a personal service setting in LaSalle.
Three in public administration settings in Windsor.
One in a retail setting in Essex
There are 21 active outbreaks at long-term care and retirement facilities: