Red Cross Distributes Emergency Sleeping Bags to Homeless People in Ghent for the First Time: "We Want to Prevent Winter Deaths"

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The Red Cross is distributing 40 "sheltersuits" in Ghent, originally intended for disaster areas. These are special emergency sleeping bags that protect against temperatures down to minus 10 degrees Celsius. The sleeping bags can also serve as warm clothing. The Red Cross had the material in stock and is distributing it now, as temperatures will drop below freezing for several nights in a row. The homeless can keep the emergency sleeping bags ev…