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Emergency accommodation protecting rough sleepers from coronavirus

Efforts are underway in Scotland’s two biggest cities to move rough sleepers into emergency accommodation to protect them from coronavirus.

Glasgow and Edinburgh councils have secured hotel rooms and re-purposed student flats to allow for homeless people showing symptoms of the virus to self-isolate. But it’s challenging work for charities on the streets.

Our Social Affairs Correspondent Chris Clements has been finding out more in Glasgow.

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