SAGINAW, MI — A women’s emergency rescue shelter in Saginaw has confirmed several more COVID-19 cases.
Employees at Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan’s Women’s Emergency Shelter in Saginaw recently sought testing after some there experienced minimal symptoms associated with the virus. After one person tested positive, City Rescue Mission reached out to the Saginaw County Health Department, which offered to test the other staff and women guests.
Test results on Wednesday, June 17, confirmed a total of four positive cases — two staff members and two guests. Some of the individuals are asymptomatic, the agency confirmed.
Throughout Saginaw County, there have been 1,142 positive coronavirus cases as of Wednesday, 117 of whom have died.
“This is a difficult time for our team,” said Dan Streeter, CEO of the organization that oversees City Rescue Mission of Saginaw and Good Samaritan Rescue Mission of Bay City. “We’re very much concerned about mission guests and our staff who are dealing with this virus. Our prayers go out to our team members who have shown heartfelt concern for others during this time.”
A quarantine for the shelter is in effect, per the Health Department. No new shelter guests are being taken in at this time.
Mission guests who have tested positive have been isolated from other guests. Staff who have tested positive or are awaiting results are not working and isolating at their homes.
Streeter and his staff implemented precautions since the beginning of the pandemic by screening all guests and staff and disinfecting all areas and surfaces on a continual basis. The ministry has not allowed visitors, vendors or non-essential volunteers in the building.
The shelter has been in communication with the Bay and Saginaw County Health Departments on a regular basis.
“Our staff come to work every day to assure homeless individuals in our region have a place to stay,” Streeter said. “They’re essential workers helping the most vulnerable during these uncertain times. Please remember them in your prayers.”
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