LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 29: Kim Lockett, 61, who is homeless living on skid row talks with Jenna Kennedy, a clinician from The People Concern as she receives a mask by the team of nurses who go into the skid row area of downtown Los Angeles daily to test homeless people for Coronavirus Covid-19. Complicated decisions are being made in the field. Skid Row on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Coronavirus testing on skid row

Health and outreach workers are working to test as many homeless people as possible for the coronavirus, as outbreaks continue to pop up on skid row.

Kim Lockett, 61, talks with Jenna Kennedy, a clinician from the People Concern, as she receives a mask from the team in the skid row area of downtown Los Angeles. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 30: Nurse practitioner Sharlene Gan, left, with Los Angeles Christian Health Centers is taking a swab sample from Bernardino Juarez, 51, at the Midnight Mission of Skid Row Los Angeles testing for Coronavirus Covid-19. A team of nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants and a variety of healthcare professionals from multi disciplinary street outreach programs are going into the missions of skid row and onto the streets of skid row to test homeless people for Coronavirus Covid-19. Skid Row on Thursday, April 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Nurse practitioner Sharlene Gan takes a swab sample from Bernardino Juarez, 51, at the Midnight Mission. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 30: Nurse practitioner Sharlene Gan with Los Angeles Christian Health Centers is taking a swab sample from James Ollie at the Midnight Mission of Skid Row Los Angeles testing for Coronavirus Covid-19. A team of nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants and a variety of healthcare professionals from multi disciplinary street outreach programs are going into the missions of skid row and onto the streets of skid row to test homeless people for Coronavirus Covid-19. Skid Row on Thursday, April 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Nurse practitioner Sharlene Gan takes a swab sample from James Ollie at the Midnight Mission. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 29: Los Angeles City Firefighter Paramedic Eddy Matamoeo takes a Coronavirus Covid-19 testing sample from Mirna Menendez at the LA City Fire testing location on Skid Row of Los Angeles. There's also a team of nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants and a variety of healthcare professionals from multi disciplinary street outreach programs are going into the missions of skid row and onto the streets of skid row to test homeless people for Coronavirus Covid-19. Skid Row on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles firefighter and paramedic Eddy Matamoeo takes a coronavirus testing sample on skid row. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 29: A team of nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants and a variety of healthcare professionals from multi disciplinary street outreach programs are going into the missions of skid row and onto the streets of skid row to test homeless people for Coronavirus Covid-19. Skid Row on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

A team of nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants and a variety of healthcare professionals hit the streets of skid row to test homeless people for the coronavirus. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
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