The COVID-19 pandemic has broken out in 201 countries and territories around the world.
The COVID-19 epidemic is turning the world around. Countries around the world have applied a series of measures such as: blocking off at many levels, requiring limited outdoor trips, staying in the house and regularly washing hands with soap, wearing masks...
The homeless people who do not have a house make a living by begging or selling small things, sleeping on the sidewalks of the streets, in parks, and stations. When business activities and public facilities are temporarily suspended due to the epidemic, they have no food, no toilets, no customers give them money.
Their difficult lives are now even more difficult.
Currently, countries are organizing support for this group of people. Specifically, the authorities of countries coordinate with charitable organizations and the army to establish accommodation, measure body temperature, isolate infections... In the photo is a temporary shelter for Spanish homeless people.
The homeless were tested by Durban health workers (South Africa) before reaching their new homes during the 21-day nationwide lockdown.
Red Cross staff patrolled the area near the Roman Forum in Rome - where many homeless people came.
Households in London (UK) are next to a sign with the words "COVID-19 epidemic causes homeless people to lose their income.
The Czech Republic's charity Caritas set up tents and provided meals for the homeless.
In Roma (Italy) alone, there are more than 8,000 homeless people. As Italy became the European center of the epidemic, the government coordinated with charitable organizations to establish joint residences, provide free meals and regularly supplement information about the epidemic to this group of people.
As of 2:30 p.m. on March 29, the whole world had recorded 664,290 cases of COVID-19, including 30,890 deaths.
