San Diego Ramps Up Efforts to Squelch Hepatitis A Outbreak

San Diego is ramping up its battle against a deadly hepatitis A outbreak by opening up new public bathrooms around the clock and adding security cameras, per NBC7 and Newsweek. 

Officials announced about 20 permanent and portable bathrooms would be open citywide targeting the homeless population, Newsweek reports. They will be cleaned twice daily and monitored via security cameras. 

The city's homeless coordinator calls the additional bathrooms an "important step to stop the spread of hepatitis A," a liver infection transmitted when people don't wash their hands after using the bathroom. The city is also considering three new 100-bed shelters to help the homeless "transition off the street and into permanent housing," per Newsweek.

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