Park and shop visits rise 50pc as Covid anxiety eases, official figures show
This comes as all four personal wellbeing measures continued to improve slightly
12 March 2021 • 5:39pm
People walk through late afternoon spring sunshine beside the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park
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The number of people leaving home to visit parks and shops has increased by 50 per cent as Covid-19 anxiety eases, government figures show.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published its weekly research on social impacts of Covid-19 on Friday between Mar 3 and Mar 7.
Researchers found that the number of people leaving home to socialise has gradually increased as happiness levels rise.
1 in 5 health and social care workers suffered PTSD due to Covid pandemic. (PA) One in five health and care workers have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year, a new study suggests. Figures from the Frontline Covid study, published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology also found that almost three in five health and social care workers suffered a mental health problem. 58% of workers in these sectors were deemed to have a mental health disorder between May 27 and July 23 last year. And 22% met the criteria for PTSD, according to the study led by researchers from UCL and the University of Haifa, Israel