After nearly two years, Philadelphia’s “COVID hotel” — rooms at a Holiday Inn in Center City, reserved for people with the virus who have nowhere else to quarantine — is closing, health officials say. It's moving to Holmesburg instead.
in Center City, reserved for people with the virus who have nowhere else to quarantine — is closing, health officials say.
“In the beginning of the pandemic it was all about housing everyone. As we continued to move on, there was more to it,” Dantzler said. “We wanted it to be a home away from home.
“One of the takeaways from [the Holiday Inn experience] is how inaccessible the current shelter system is,” said Max Ray-Riek, a member of ACT-UP and a housing advocate who’s worked with quarantine site residents for most of the pandemic. A number of medically vulnerable residents, including Miller, who has a chronic lung condition, were moved to two older buildings in North Philadelphia, where some had to share rooms, bathrooms, and dining spaces. Shortly afterward, Miller caught COVID and was moved back to the Holiday Inn.
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