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Philly prepares to open Holiday Inn quarantine site amid questions about how to help the mentally ill and addicted

With the surge of COVID-19 cases expected to hit, city officials say the Holiday Inn could be just the first makeshift quarantine site in Philadelphia.

The Holiday Inn Express at 13th and Walnut in Center City is shown barricaded on Saturday. The city is planning to turn the hotel into Philadelphia’s first coronavirus quarantine site, and use it to house homeless people and others who test positive for the virus
The Holiday Inn Express at 13th and Walnut in Center City is shown barricaded on Saturday. The city is planning to turn the hotel into Philadelphia’s first coronavirus quarantine site, and use it to house homeless people and others who test positive for the virusRead moreHEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer