Prognosis
One Million People Are Still Shielding From Covid in England
- ONS: Mandatory face masks would help put vulnerable at ease
- Only 37% of most vulnerable are comfortable in schools, pubs
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More than one million people in England who are most at risk of becoming seriously ill from coronavirus are continuing to shield even after the U.K. government stopped advising them to stay at home, research suggested.
Only 37% of the 3.7 million people in England who are classed as “clinically extremely vulnerable” feel comfortable entering restaurants and bars or education settings, according to a survey of 1,066 people published by the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday.