Dealing with the coronavirus in homeless hostels and shelters will be a nightmare situation, according to a leading campaigner.
10 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed yesterday, bringing the total in the Republic of Ireland to 34.
The new cases involve five in the south of the country, three in the east and two in the west.
There has also been an increase in the number of people being tested, up to 1,784 from 297 a week ago.
It's expected there will be several hundred cases in Ireland in the next few weeks.
Fallout
Fr Peter McVerry from the Peter McVerry Trust says plans are being put in place in case homeless people need to self-isolate.
He says it's only a matter of time before a person who is sleeping rough or living in emergency accommodation, tests positive;
"Some of our smaller hostels where people may have their own room it will be easy enough to self-isolate people but in the larger hostels where you could have 30 or 50 people in a hostel, and much of it in shared rooms its going to be impossible to isolate everybody."
He says homeless people with serious mental health issues will not want to sit in a room for two weeks, presenting huge challenges.
Fr McVerry says they are planning for the worst case scenario and that they are looking at where they can isolate people.
He says there are in close contact with government agencies.
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