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cord-299274-gnbp7so5	Bodkin, Claire	Pandemic Planning in Homeless Shelters: A pilot study of a COVID-19 testing and support program to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in congregate settings	2020-06-08		.txt	text/plain	1643	113	59	title: Pandemic Planning in Homeless Shelters: A pilot study of a COVID-19 testing and support program to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in congregate settings We tested 104 residents and 141 staff for COVID-19 who failed daily symptom screening in homeless shelters in Hamilton, Canada. The objective of this report is to describe our experience with shelter facility restructuring, daily symptom screening and rapid testing to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 in the homeless shelter setting in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Between March 17 and April 30, 2020, COVID-19 testing was performed on all shelter residents and staff who failed daily screening for potential COVID-19 related symptoms as well as staff and residents identified as close contacts of positive cases. We have thus far been successful in preventing large outbreaks in the shelter setting despite identifying positive cases in both staff and residents.	./cache/cord-299274-gnbp7so5.txt	./txt/cord-299274-gnbp7so5.txt