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Feds Cap LB Convention Ctr Migrant Minor Intake At 800 (Instead Of Contracted 1,000) After 6.6% (47 of 710) Test Positive For COVID-19; Move Reserves Space If Any More COVID-19 Cases Arise



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(May 5, 2021, 6:30 p.m.) -- LBREPORT,com has learned that HHS is capping intake at the Long Beach Convention Center Emergency Intake Shelter for unaccompanied migrant minors at 800 (instead of its contracted capacity of 1,000) after 47 (6.6%) of the 710 children taken in to date tested posted for COVID-19. A spokesperson for the federal Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS, contracted operator of the facility) says the move is to ensure that the facility has room in isolation if any more COVID-19 cases arise.

"There is not an 'outbreak' at the shelter, but rather a situation that was planned for and being managed by UCLA Health, our medical provider," says HHS' Zhan Caplan in an email to LBREPORT.com. "UCLA is providing excellent medical care to the kids; most of the kids are asymptomatic and a few have very mild symptoms." HHS' Caplan tells LBREPORT.com (May 5) that:

  • 710 children are currently in the Long Beach Convention Center facility.

  • 67 are in isolation (as HHS keeps siblings together.)

Mr. Caplan's email to LBREPORT.com states: "Please note that all shelters are fully expecting covid cases and completely prepared to handle them appropriately. Most of the Covid cases are identified at intake and immediately isolated. Every child gets surveillance tested every 3 days, and we’ve had 15 total positive tests through surveillance. There is not an 'outbreak' at the shelter, but rather a situation that was planned for and being managed by UCLA Health, our medical provider. "Further, while the shelter has the capacity for 1,000 children, we are capping our intake at 800 to make sure we have room in isolation for any more covid cases that may arise. UCLA Health is providing excellent medical care to the kids; most of the kids are asymptomatic and a few have very mild symptoms."










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