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Motels to be converted into shelters for the homeless who catch coronavirus

Daniel Johnson, 48, who says he has been homeless for 10 years, sits with a cardboard sign in Oakland, California, US, on March 4, 2020. [Reuters]

Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered California's 40 million residents to stay at home. That's a big problem for the state's estimated 108,000 homeless who live on the streets.

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