Kern County Fairgrounds to be used as temporary COVID-19 isolation unit for homeless

Kern County Fairgrounds to be used as temporary COVID-19 isolation unit for homeless

ROLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THECORONAVIRUS -- NOW THAT 15STATE OWNED TRAILERS HAVE BEENSET UP ON THE GROUNDS TOHELP QUARANTINE THE HOMELESS.23ABC'S TORI COOPER WAS AT THEKERN COUNTY FAIR GROUNDSWHERE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALSUNVEILED THE TRAILERS AND SHEHAS DETAILS ON HOW THEY WILL BEUSED.TORI:"YEA IM STANDING IN ONE OF JUST15 TRAILERS THAT MADE THEIR WAYTO KERN COUNTY THIS WEEK AS YOUCAN TELL IT'S VERY COZY INHERE, THEY HAVE A SEATING AREA,THEY HAVE A KITCHEN AS WELLAS A BATHROOM AND A QUEEN SIZEDBED.

NOW PUBLIC HEALTHOFFICIALS SAY THESE ARE SOLELYFOR THOSE WHO CANNOT SELF ISOLATE AND NEED AQUARANTINE AREA."THE INDIVIDUALS WHO COME HEREHAVE COVID!"THE KERN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS ISNOW THE CITE FOR A NEWTEMPORARY HOUSING SOLUTION ASCOVID 19THREATENS INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVEOUTSIDE, ALONGENCAMPMENTS OR IN CROWDEDSHELTERS-A GROUP KERNMEDICIAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE RUSSELJUD SAYS ARE THE MOSTVULNERABLE TO COVID-19 AND WILLNOW HAVE A PLACE TOISOLATE."REFERRALS WILL BE SENT OUTHERE,INDIVIDUALS WILL BE PICKED UPFROM A HOSPITAL OR FROM ANOTHERMEDICALCLINIC AND BE TRANSPORTED OUTHERE SO IT IS A REFERRAL ONLYBASISLOCATION."OFFICIALS SAY THOSE WHO HAVECOVID-19 BUT NO LONGER NEEDONGOING CARE BUT STILL NEED APLACE TO GO WILL BE REFFEREDHERE BY DOCTORS FROM LOCALHOSPITALS."NO NURSES WILL BE HERE A MEDICALASSISTANT WILL BE HERE TOPROVIDECARE AND AWARENESS AND AGAINTHIS IS NOT A MEDICAL TREATMENTAREA THIS IS AN ISOLATION AREA."ALL TRAILERS ARE HOOKED UP TOPOWER WATER AND A SUAGE ANDSANITIZED AFTER USE.KERN MEDICAL AIDS WILL BEDELIVERING 3 MEALS TOPATIENTS THREE TIMES A DAY, NOVISITORS OR PETS ARE ALLLOWED.TRANSWEST SECURITY COMPANY WILLBE RESPONSIBLE FORMONITORING THIS AREA THAT WASMADE POSSIBLE BY STATEFUNDING."HOPE TO HAVE THIS OPEN AS SOONAS TOMORROW,"HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEYESTIMATE AT LEAST FIVEPATIENTS WITH COVID-19 WILLSTART ISOLATING HERE BYTOMORROW-AFTER ALL 15 ARE FILLEDUP, OTHER PATIENTS WILL BEPLACED ON A WAITING LIST.

BUTPATIENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TODEPART UNTIL THEIR SYMPTOMSSUBSIDE."AT.

MINIMUM 7 DAYS POST THE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS THEY MUST BEFEVER FREEWITH NO FEVER REDUCINGMEDICATION FOR 72 HOURS IF YOUWANTED TO GUESS A NUMBER ITSPROBABLY APPROXIMATELY TWOWEEKS."TORI:NOW AGAIN TRANSWEST SECURITYCOMPANY WILL BERESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THISAREA, NO VISITORS AREALLOWED AND THEY ENCOURAGEEVERYONE TO KEEP A SAFEDISTANCE FROM THIS AREA, AS THISIS SOLELY FOR THOSE WHOCAN NOT SELF ISOLATE BUT FOR NOWFROM THE KERN COUNTYFAIR GROUNDS I'M TORI COOPER FOR23ABC NEWS CONNECTING YOU.WONDERFUL CITRUS TELLING 23ABCTHAT A TEMPORARY