The coronavirus threat among the homeless is a 'ticking time-bomb' for Australia
ABCOn the backstreets and in sheltered doorways of cities around the country, thousands of rough sleepers — unable to comply with the directive to "stay home" — are emerging as a source of growing concern in the battle against COVID-19. "We've been in close contact with our colleagues from the US and UK and basically it's a ticking time bomb," Dr Davies said. "We'll have a quite extensive outbreak of COVID among homeless people if we don't act." "There's a lot of co-existing health problems that put rough sleepers at very high risk of firstly getting COVID infection," Dr Davies said. WA's Community Services Minister Simone McGurk said once the current "Hotels with Heart" pilot program at the Pan Pacific was complete, a decision would be made about the next step.
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