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Camp Samac housing homeless people in Durham during coronavirus pandemic

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With physical-distancing measures in place during the coronavirus pandemic, some homeless shelters in Durham have cut their intake in half, leaving hundreds of individuals with no place to go. “Everybody deserves a home but the reality is there isn’t a home for everybody,” says Christeen Thornton with DIRE, a grassroots organization that works closely with Oshawa’s homeless community.

The region has designated Camp Samac in north Oshawa to provide shelter to homeless people. However, Thornton says there are still some concerns. “You still have to pass a test, and if you’re sick, where are you going to go?

What are you going to do?” she said. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “These are concerns that

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