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With COVID cases surging because of Omicron, homeless advocates worry
COVID-19 outbreaks: Montreal’s homeless advocates warn of potential humanitarian crisis “A year ago, almost exactly to the day, we saw a huge spike in the number of people who were catching the virus,” he recalled.That forced the city to open more shelters.Sam Watts, CEO of the Welcome Hall Mission, is also concerned.“We might see reductions in the capacity of regular resources if there are Covid cases that emerge,” he wrote in a message to Global News. So we are being very vigilant because we know how transmissible this variant is.”With Omicron, Hughes shares that concern.“We actually have less space than we did last year, in terms of isolation,” Hughes said, “and we have less beds overall this winter than we did last year. Both of