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Covid: Adults with learning disabilities 'miss out'

People with learning disabilities have been "at the back of the queue" during the coronavirus pandemic, a panel of MPs has been told.

Those living in supported accommodation were left waiting weeks for guidance on testing and visits.

MPs were also told long-term social factors were likely to be more important than biology when it came to ethnic divides in the virus's impact.

The panel focused on what lessons could be learned.

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Source: BBC News, 1 December 2020

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