CoViD-19 in Italy: homeless population needs protection

CoViD-19 in Italy: homeless population needs protectionALBERTO BARBIERI11Doctors for Human Rights Italy (MEDU), Rome, Italy.Received and accepted on April 29, 2020.Summary. Italy is one of the most affected countries by the new coronavirus (CoViD-19) pandemic. In the country, there are an estimated 49,000-52,000 home-less people. People experiencing homelessness are among the potentially most vulnerable groups to the CoViD-19. Despite this, in Italy there is a worrying delay in implementation of a national coordinated strategy to protect homeless people from the potentially devas-tating effects caused by CoViD-19. In order to contain the epidemic among the most vulnerable people, we propose a short operational agenda based on the field experience of the medical-humanitarian organization Medici per i Diritti Umani (Doctors for Human Rights, Italy – MEDU) as well as on the example of initiatives taken by other countries
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