Medical care personnel are working on plans to encourage protesters to find their own winter clothes, sleeping bags and blankets. They're also banking on receiving more donations.
There have already been at least seven cases of hypothermia. The article of clothing now deemed most valuable are socks, since trench foot and athlete’s foot are big problems.
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