A homeless population is experiencing a delta variant outbreak, Santa Rosa city officials said on Thursday.
Last Friday two residents at the Samuel L. Jones Hall Homeless Shelter tested positive for the variant. Catholic Charities, which operates the shelter, and the city are responding to the outbreak, according to reporting by KTVU.
As of Thursday, 27 residents have tested positive for the variant. Another 43 residents' test results are pending. Most of the shelter population had not been vaccinated, city officials said.
The shelter stopped accepting new residents immediately last Friday and had contacted Sonoma County Department of Health Services when they learned of the outbreak. The shelter's staff members have also been tested.
Residents who have tested positive are being housed in isolation at an adjacent shelter annex.
In the meantime, the shelter will remain closed to new intakes for at least two weeks.
City officials said testing will continue at the shelter every 5-6 days to mitigate potential spread of the disease's variant.
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