Homeless at 'double risk' of getting, spreading coronavirus

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Homeless at 'double risk' of getting, spreading coronavirus
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They often don't have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and crowd together in grimy camps.

At least 234 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in US, according to CDC

"They are double risk. One is a risk to themselves, the other is a risk to society,” said Chunhuei Chi, director of the Center for Global Health at Oregon State University in Corvallis. San Francisco says it's developing a plan to protect the homeless from the virus but hasn't released details yet. A cruise ship believed to be a breeding ground for more than 10 cases has been lingering off the coast of the city.

“My heart goes out to the fact that they live in conditions that make it almost impossible for them," she said of the homeless Friday. Still, the man, who would only give his first name, Alex, and his age, 33, asked what areas it had spread to and how quickly it progresses in an infected person.

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