This capital city dawned with temperatures below zero degrees Celsius and Mides in a statement indicated that it “has determined the existence of an emergency situation regarding homeless people”.

The communication indicates that “in a few months 32 new shelters have been opened and the number of places in the system has been increased by more than a thousand”.

The text emphasizes that this expansion is “the largest ever carried out in a Plan Invierno” and “has guaranteed the entry into the system of all persons who requested and accepted a space since April 25, the date on which the Plan was brought forward”.

The Mides teams have called on the health services on more than 150 occasions for the evaluation of the pertinent medical intervention and the eventual hospitalization of people in the open”, it points out.

The text refers to the implementation of “new exceptional measures” including the operation of night shelters and 24-hour contingency shelters in various parts of the country.

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