Covid-19 ‘could be endemic in deprived parts of England’
A leaked government document suggests the national lockdown did little to cut infection in parts of the north
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Covid-19 could now be endemic in some parts of the country that combine severe deprivation, poor housing and large BAME communities, according to a highly confidential analysis by Public Health England.
The document, leaked to the Observer, and marked “official sensitive”, suggests the national lockdown in these parts of the north of England had little effect in reducing the level of infections, and that in such communities it is now firmly established.
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