Across the UK, a large team is working at breakneck speed to put in place systems to protect homeless people from the potentially devastating effects caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Homeless people often have multiple chronic conditions and live together in shared and cramped accommodation, or on the streets; they are, therefore, vulnerable to high rates of infection and mortality without urgent intervention. There are an estimated 30 000–40 000 homeless people sleeping rough or in temporary hostel accommodation in the UK, among the 320 000 total people classified as homeless by the homeless charity Shelter (which includes those in temporary flats and other forms of accommodation).

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在英国，为保护无家可归者免受COVID-19侵害的努力正在逐步升级。

在整个英国，一个庞大的团队正在以惊人的速度开展工作，以建立系统来保护无家可归者免受2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）造成的潜在破坏性影响。无家可归的人经常患有多种慢性病，并共同生活在狭窄而狭窄的住所中或在街头。因此，如果没有紧急干预，它们很容易受到高感染率和高死亡率的伤害。在英国，据无家可归者慈善机构庇护所（包括临时公寓和其他形式的住宿者）分类，无家可归者估计有3万至4万，其中32万是无家可归者。