The San Francisco Bay Area's 28,200 homeless are left in limbo as officials order residents to stay indoors for 3 weeks in an effort to contain the coronavirus
The region's most vulnerable residents are the city's homeless population.
San Francisco announced March 9 that it was spending $5 million to hire cleaning crews to regularly sanitize homeless shelters, supportive housing buildings, and SROs daily.
The city also will use RVs stationed throughout the city to house members of its homeless population who are infected with the coronavirus for self-quarantine.
The office of Mayor London Breed announced the plan last Tuesday. According to KTVU, a local station, it will apply to people who've tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus; those who have been exposed to it but don't need hospitalization; and those who aren't able to self-isolate in shared spaces like homeless shelters, SROs, or on the street.
To further promote good hygiene practices for residents, city leaders have also placed 20 hand-washing stations around the city.
The best way to fight the spread of the coronavirus disease, as health officials have repeatedly said, is to wash your hands.
Per recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, take a generous amount of soap, and scrub thoroughly while reciting the "Happy Birthday" song or another 20-second tune.
The stations include soap dispensers and two basins with foot pumps that turn the water on.
The accessibility to soap and water has also been helpful for those living on the streets in the city, who often don't have access to consistent places to wash their hands or clothes.
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