Covid-19 was diagnosed in 70 homeless shelters in San Francisco, highlighting the risk

On April 10, London Breed, the mayor of San Francisco, said 70 confirmed cases of COVID 19 had been reported at the city's largest homeless shelter. This highlights the risk that street people are susceptible to COVID-19.

According to the New York times on April 10, breed said the 70 confirmed cases include two employees of the shelter. It is reported that many of the homeless people suffer from respiratory diseases and are susceptible to novel coronavirus.

Activists say there are more than 8,000 homeless people in San Francisco. They criticized the city for not putting homeless people in vacant hotels as quickly as possible to avoid overcrowding in shelters.

In march, the Los Angeles times, news site Vox, the Washington post and many other us media outlets focused on the issue of homeless people in the us outbreak of COVID 19. According to the national coalition to end homelessness, there were more than 552,800 homeless people on the streets in the United States in 2018, 33 percent of whom were families with children.

In addition, as the epidemic hits the economy, many industries are laying off workers, and low-income workers are at risk of being "wiped out", which could lead to an increase in the number of homeless people on the streets.