M Health Fairview’s St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul said it was donating 10 temporal thermometers to Catholic Charities on Saturday.

The donation will help the charity provide basic health screens of the general population in their shelters. Elevated temperatures are often the first sign of COVID-19.

“It’s critical that our community partners working with our most vulnerable populations have the resources they need to help assess early symptoms of COVID-19,” said Lia Christiansen, spokesperson for M Health Fairview. “By identifying individuals that may require medical care early on, we can protect the health and safety of the community, health care workers and patients themselves.”