Unalaska Partners With Fish Processors For Unique Quarantine Facility
Update: 2020-04-14
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In Unalaska, fish processors have joined forces with the city to create an isolation and quarantine facility, designed partly to serve the transient fishermen who pass through the town. According to the organizers, this model — a partnership between a city and a private company — might be unique in the country. The facility is in a two-story building at the edge of town, right behind the local Safeway. It's long, and grey, and looks, from the outside, like a standard company bunkhouse. Mike Hanson, captain of Unalaska's Fire Department, showed off a room. "I mean it's nothing fancy that's for sure. You’ve got two single bunks, with a closet for each person. A couple chairs to sit on. And a window," said Hanson. "Oh and cable." The facility will host three kinds of patients: those who are COVID-19-positive, those who are displaying symptoms and waiting on test results, and those who have had close contact with a COVID-19-positive-person. Each patient population will have their own
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