GRAND RAPIDS (WOOD-AM) - Officials at both Degage and Mel Trotter Ministries say quarantine housing has reached capacity for homeless people who have test positive for coronavirus.
Officials say those individuals are being turned back into the community.
"Anytime anyone who is COVID positive is out in our community, it's really a threat to all of our public health,” Degage Ministries Executive Director Thelma Ensink told WOOD-TV. "So, this isn't just a homelessness issue, this is a public health issue."
A coronavirus test is administered to those who check in at Degage and Mel Trotter. Those who test positive are taken to the Continuum of Care House for a 14-day quarantine.
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