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• Low-paid women in UK at 'high risk of coronavirus exposure'

  29-03-2020 15:50
  
  Study shows women are more likely to be employed in roles such as social care, nursing and pharmacyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLow-paid women are at high risk of exposure to coronavirus as they are more likely to be in jobs such as social care, nursing and pharmacy, a study has found.Out of 3.2 million workers employed in the highest-risk roles, about 2.5 million are women, according to Autonomy, an economics thinktank. As many as a million of those workers
  
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• Care homes refusing to take in patients ready to leave NHS hospitals

  29-03-2020 11:14
  
  Bosses say it would be madness to expose elderly residents and staff to coronavirus riskCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCare home managers are refusing to accept elderly people discharged from NHS hospitals owing to coronavirus fears, and one has said government-issued protective equipment for residents and staff is “completely useless”.David Steedman, the manager of Arlington House care home in Sussex, said he had five empty rooms but he was not tak
  
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