In Canada's crowded major cities, where many people live with one or multiple roommates, the spread of COVID-19 is leaving residents struggling with what to do if someone in a shared house has to self-isolate.
For Lebni Avitia, a video editor in Toronto, the pandemic has compounded the everyday stresses of living in a confined space with multiple people.
Avitia said it hasn't been too difficult to be honest about his expectations with his two roommates, but it has been a problem driving the point home to a person who has been crashing on their couch, along with leaving the apartment every day to see his girlfriend and his mother. It's a struggle that's playing out in many shared homes as people manage varying expectations when it comes to social distancing.
On its website, Public Health Ontario says in order to properly self-isolate in a shared home, you have to stay in a separate room as much as you can and use a separate bathroom from others, which isn't always an option. Avitia said he hadn't even considered what he and his roommates would do if one of them was told to actually self-isolate. At this point, he said he plans to temporarily move back with his parents in Niagara Falls, Ont.
She said the apartment is already too small for them to use common areas like the kitchen at the same time.
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