The mayor of London announced on Saturday that he has reserved 300 hotel rooms to allow homeless people to confine themselves and avoid being infected with the new coronavirus.
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Rooms reserved for twelve weeks.
"Homeless Londoners to benefit from vital protection against coronavirus, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, with government support, having secured 300 hotel rooms in which they can isolate themselves in the coming weeks" , announced a press release from the town hall.
Since Friday and throughout the weekend, homeless people will be brought to these rooms in two London hotels of the Intercontinental hotels group, aboard taxis, - the famous "black cabs" - so that they avoid public transport. common. The rooms have been reserved for the next twelve weeks.
"The most fragile in our society"
Covid-19 has killed 177 people in the UK and the number of cases is particularly high in London. "The coronavirus epidemic affects everyone in London and we must do everything we can to protect everyone's health, especially those Londoners who sleep outside every night," said Labor Mayor Sadiq Khan, who was quoted in the statement as saying.
"If the Covid threatens us all, there is a danger that it will disproportionately affect the most vulnerable in our society, especially the homeless," said Minister of State for Housing Robert Jenrick, quoted in the same press release.