As temperatures drop, Salem’s largest homeless shelter sees Covid outbreak
Beds at Union Gospel Mission’s current facility on Commercial Street, pictured in March 2019. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter)
Salem’s largest homeless shelter has stopped taking in new men temporarily after six shelter guests and three employees tested positive for Covid.
The Union Gospel Mission in downtown Salem learned several residents had Covid last week and arranged a mass testing event Thursday through Northwest Human Services, executive director Dan Clem said.
The shelter stopped intakes last week…
