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10 Fresh challenges await a country devastated by a hurricane. (Photo by Fr. Bowe)  Continued from previous page  Mandate and oversee the necessary training for Shelter Managers and their teams. The guidelines should include procedures for visitors at shelters  Establish procedures for dealing with non-compliance at shelters  Stockpile an adequate supply of WHO/PAHO recommended COVID-19 posters for mounting in strategic areas in shelters and other key facilities  Implement a COVID-19 compliant retrofitting and management programme for sanitation and safety at shelters:  Testing of shelterees for COVID-19 on arrival for initial occupancy and during protracted stays at shelters  Stocks of individual registration sheets maintained in a computer-friendly manner for later data entry  Procedures for taking temperatures  Continues on next page  Policies on mask-wearing at shelters  Ratio of persons to toilets and showers – number of showers and toilets  Sanitiser dispensers  Garbage disposal arrangements  Transparent barriers (sneeze guards) for reception-type staff/volunteers  PPE supplies for shelter personnel including face guards for registration and service personnel  Numbers of stoves per shelter  Procedures for laundry  Expanded spacing of cots and other furniture  In-shelter isolation of suspected COVID-19 cases  Establish appropriate COVID-19 arrangements for preparation, service and consumption of food  Include shelter personnel on a high priority list for repeat testing for COVID-19

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