Public health officials are warning Americans to stay home, avoid any unnecessary travel, and limit contact with others as ways to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the question facing the more than 151,000 homeless individuals in California, and one that is vexing lawmakers and public health workers as they try to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among a particularly vulnerable segment of the state’s population. PHOTOS: EMPTY STREETS AMID CORONAVIRUS FEARS IN US CITIESNorris added: “Many have medical comorbidities – diabetes, heart disease, chronic lung disease – that put them at a higher risk. Given the close quarters that many homeless individuals live in on the streets, in encampments and especially in tightly packed shelters, California Gov. Mayor Kevin Faulconer has also deployed public health nurses to the city’s bridge shelters to monitor for any residents with symptoms of COVID-19.

Source: Fox News March 16, 2020 22:30 UTC