'Covid led to high rates in poorest communities'
‘Covid led to high rates in poorest communities’ Top Story February 19, 2021 LONDON: England’s most deprived communities were hit by a “perfect storm” of wage, housing and testing-and-trace issues that led to high coronavirus rates, according to reports of an unpublished government analysis. The Guardian newspaper said it had seen a report by the Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC) which concluded people in poorer areas were less likely to be able to self-isolate due to being unable to afford lost income. The study found that in Blackburn-with-Darwen and Leicester, areas badly affected...
Source: thenews.com.pk
