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Emergency accommodation given to homeless during Covid-19 saved hundreds of lives

25 September 2020

Measures introduced to protect homeless people from Covid-19, including the use of hotel accommodation and increased hostel hygiene, are estimated to have prevented hundreds of deaths in this vulnerable population, finds a study led by Dan Lewer (UCL Epidemiology & Health).

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