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Regional Officials Use Lessons From Hepatitis A Outbreak To Respond To Coronavirus Pandemic

By Jade Hindmon / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host

Published March 19, 2020 at 10:45 AM PDT

This story was published more than 5 years ago.

County officials from the Regional Task Force on the Homeless met to discuss Coronavirus preparations for the homeless in San Diego on March 11, 2020.

Officials say the homeless population is especially vulnerable to the coronavirus outbreak so they are working to provide resources to prevent wide spread among the population.

During San Diego’s 2017 hepatitis A outbreak 20 people died, more than half of them homeless. Regional officials were criticized for a slow and disorganized response.

Now that San Diego is faced with the coronavirus pandemic, officials are pulling from previous experience to slow the spread of novel coronavirus and provide resources to one of the most vulnerable populations, the homeless.

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Lisa Halverstadt, a reporter with Voice of San Diego joined Midday Edition on Thursday to talk about the regional effort.

Regional Officials Use Lessons From Hepatitis A Outbreak To Respond To Coronavirus Pandemic

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