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COVID-19 Impacts on the DTES

Collected by: University of British Columbia

Archived since: Apr, 2020

Description:

A collection of of local news articles, government support options, and social policy websites documenting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES). Includes information regarding how COVID-19 has impacted drug and overdose prevention as well as homelessness.

Subject:   Spontaneous Events Government - Cities Science & Health

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Title: Drugs Were Already Poisoned: Now COVID-19 Adds a New Threat | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/03/24/Drugs-COVID19-Coronavirus-Poisoned-Downtown-Eastside-Consumption/?_cldee=YW5nZWxhLndlbHpAZ21haWwuY29t/

Description: The restrictions brought on by COVID-19 have made operating safe injection sites in the DTES more difficult. Organizations such as the Overdose Prevention Society are raising funds in order to continue operations for DTES residents who are using drugs.

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Subject:   Drug utilization Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.) COVID-19 (Disease)

Title: Official Silence on COVID-19 Case in Downtown Eastside Fuelling Fears | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/03/31/Silence-DTES-Covid-Fears/

Description: During the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, 2020, frontline workers and residents in the Downtown Eastside are concerned about health officials’ silence about COVID-19 cases in their community, which is contributing to misinformation, confusion and fear and hurting prevention efforts.

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Subject:   COVID-19 (Disease) Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.)

Title: COVID-19 Has Rats on the Move | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/22/COVID-Rats/

Description: With restaurant and catering business slowing down due to COVID-19, urban rats have begun looking for other sources of food, becoming an even larger health hazard for individuals experiencing homelessness.

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Subject:   COVID-19 (Disease) Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.) Homelessness

Title: Women’s Shelters, Transition Houses Scrambling to Cope with COVID-19 | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/22/COVID-Womens-Shelters/

Description: Article in The Tyee detailing the effect of COVID-19 on women's shelters in Vancouver's DTES.

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Subject:   COVID-19 (Disease) Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.)

Title: Tent Cities Aren’t Going Away. Why Not Provide Sanctioned Sites? | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/08/07/Tent-Cities-Sanctioned-Sites/

Description: News article in documenting the issue of tent cities in Strathcona Park and Vancouver in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, proposing sanctioned sites as opposed to camping in parks.

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Subject:   Homelessness Strathcona (Vancouver, B.C.) COVID-19 (Disease)

Title: Without Safe Supply, Moving Homeless People into Hotels Could Kill | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2020/04/29/Safe-Supply-Hotels-Homeless/

Description: Article in The Tyee reporting on the recent government efforts to house individuals in Victoria and Vancouver living in tent cities into temporary accomodations in hotels and community centers. The article argues that without a coordinated approach and safe supply of drugs, there will be an increase in overdoses.

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Subject:   Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.) Homelessness COVID-19 (Disease)

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