7 News Belize

What About The Homeless?
posted (April 3, 2020)
We've told you that last night saw 75 people arrested for breach of quarantine those were the "ears hard bikini" who refused to stay home. But what about those who don't have a home? For homeless people, covid-19 is horror on top of horror. That's because As the coronavirus spreads, unhoused people are among the most vulnerable to infection. In certain countries, one quarantine measure has been the placement of the homeless into hotel rooms. But Belize's COVID -19 budget stretched as tightly as it leaves no room to consider those who had already fallen on hard times. Today we asked 3 men what it was like to be without shelter on the first night of shelter in place.

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