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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The M Street Navigation Center is expected to be closed for seven days following a COVID outbreak. That's according to the Community Action Partnership of Kern which says they're making the move to protect the health of both existing and potential clients as well as members of the staff.
"By and large, what we are seeing is that people will get through this, it's much like a flu. But because it is so capable of spreading, we are taking all the steps that we can to isolate people in hotel rooms. And then quarantine them, so that we don't have the entire population regularly exposed," explained Louis Gill with CAPK.
Gill says the navigation center is expected to re-open by next Monday.
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