An unnamed city in Nevada has created social-distancing boxes in an empty parking lot to help the homeless stay healthy from the coronavirus.
What’s going on:
Twitter user Mancino Williams shared a photo from a Nevada parking lot, which went viral across Twitter with thousands of likes, comments and retweets.
She wrote: “Nevada, a state in one of the richest countries in the world, has painted social-distancing boxes on a concrete parking lot for the homeless to sleep in.”
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Clark County in Nevada said it will team with the city of Las Vegas to build a temporary homeless shelter at the Cashman Center. The location opened March 28 and will stay open until April 3.
More help for the homeless
- The outdoor shelter opened after the Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada — which has 500 beds for men — was closed because one of the residents became infected with COVID-19, according to the New York Post.
- The New York Post said: “Photos of the vagrants at the temporary shelter show them close to each other lying on the concrete in the painted white boxes on the ground. Federal guidelines advise people to maintain a distance of six feet from others.”
- Lisa Morris Hibbler, chief community services officer for Las Vegas, told the local news channel 8 News Now that the shelter was spaced for social distancing.
- She said: “We know we have one job as a public servant, and that is to serve the community, and I think that we’re showing that we do that well.”