Abnormal functioning of the immune system is what characterises severe COVID, and can be driven by diabetes, obesity, sex and age.
Children are at high risk of domestic violence and abuse, but are often left out of research and strategies to address it.
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Discrimination and stigma towards Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities make them uniquely at risk of COVID-19, but we often lack the data needed to turn that around.
Informal workers have no protection from the pandemic.
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Your immune system changes when you are pregnant, and this may help protect you and your child from COVID-19 – but we need more research to understand this better.
People with disabilities are exempt from wearing face coverings on public transport and in shops, but this exemption has not been well communicated to the public.
Greater Manchester, including Rochdale, was placed under increased lockdown measures following a spike in cases.
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