COVID-19 outbreak was declared Thursday at the temporary 24/7 accommodation at the Edmonton Convention Centre.The venue in downtown Edmonton was converted into a shelter space on Oct.
30 and is run by partner agencies Bissel Centre, Boyle Street Community Services, The Mustard Seed and Bent Arrow Healing Society.In its first week, the temporary homeless shelter was seeing an average of 317 people daily.
The facility is expected to remain open until March 31, 2021.Edmonton Convention Centre to open as temporary homeless shelter FridayThose who tested positive “were immediately taken to an isolation space in the facility, before being moved to the Edmonton Isolation Facility run by Alberta Health Services.