Coronavirus-case-in accommodation: the homeless have to sleep in a Parking lot
Homeless people are always the weakest members of society – the Coronavirus are you particularly exposed. Only the least of them even have the ability to keep to the recommended Hygiene measures. The fact that now less people in the streets are on the go, it is also difficult to get money to Survive.
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As the only refuge in homeless shelters often serve – but what if in one of these properties is a Coronavirus occurs case? This is what happened in Las Vegas: There is a homeless shelter had to be evacuated, after a man who had stayed there, had been positively tested. In order to prevent further infection, had to be closed the home with Seating for 500. The homeless sleep now in the Parking lot of a large shopping centre.
The homeless in Las Vegas: Social Distancing markings
There, you sleep under the open sky on the cold Asphalt. Marks on the floor indicate the minimum clearance of 1.5 to two metres towards the bar to meet the homeless if you stay there. Images show, however, that not all stick to it. From 18 o’clock in the evening until 8 o’clock in the morning, the makeshift “housing is open”. Mats and Blankets are provided and disinfected daily, shared with the city.
In order to prevent more Coronavirus cases, the homeless daily by medical students before they enter the Parking lot. Some of the homeless were grateful for the opportunity to be able to ever at a place that is reported by the local news station 8 News Now. “This helps us to feel safer. Other places in the city are often not safe,” said a woman.
The city administration emphasized that the measure is intended to serve as a stopgap until the shelter can re-open. Nevertheless, there is criticism of the resettlement. Julian Castro, under the former US-President, Barack Obama, Minister of housing, pointed out that there is in Las Vegas just 150,000 hotel rooms, which would not be used. The shopping center, the Parking could not be provided to the homeless, according to the city, because there is already the supply of Covid-19-whether the patient planned. On Friday, the homeless shelter should be allowed to open again.
Sources: New York Post / 8 News Now / Julián Castro on Twitter