Hotels in London are offerings hundreds of beds to rough sleepers in a bid to help protect them from coronavirus. Over this weekend, 300 rooms will be made available to vulnerable people known to homelessness charities in the capital.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is working with Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) to block book rooms, at a discounted rate, for the next 12 weeks.
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to sweep the UK, concerns have been raised over how the homeless will deal with the infection if they contract it.
Rough sleepers are significantly more likely to have underlying health conditions - including respiratory problems - than the wider population, while they are also far less likely to be able to follow Public Health