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‘Don’t forget us’: Covid shielders speak out over lack of government support
As Omicron spreads, many clinically extremely vulnerable people in England are being forced to isolate in fear of their lives
Once a week at about 5.30am, Hayley Ashton pulls two masks over her face, sanitises a shopping trolley with her handbag disinfectant then takes a deep breath before stepping into the fluorescent glare of her local supermarket in Leicester.
These grocery trips feel for Ashton, a 33-year-old project manager who is immunocompromised and has severe asthma, like treacherous expeditions where she risks serious illness or death. “It’s the one area you just can’t control,” she said.
Read the original article at The Guardian