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Questions have been raised over whether people with diabetes should shield during the coronavirus pandemic.
After the NHS found 26 per cent of patients who have died in hospitals in England after contracting coronavirus had diabetes, the Government was asked whether people with the condition should be added to the list.
Speaking on the matter at the daily Downing Street briefing on Saturday, England's deputy chief medical officer advised those with type 2 diabetes to think about their diet and exercise to help minimise the risks.
We are reviewing all of these different risk factors together to try and give a much more proportional representation of who might be at risk," Dr Jenny Harries said.
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Emergency as Lockdown is slowly lifted at Victoria Station
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Cyclists travel in central London
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Emergency as Lockdown is slowly lifted at Victoria Station
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Alan Price on his Penny Farthing this morning on Battersea Bridge
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Delivery men are seen outside a reopened McDonald's with take-out only deliveries in Dalston
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Jubilee Line tube commuters as lockdown eases
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Worlds End Nurseries in Chelsea opens for business. Customer Nika Kucifer is shown flowers by Janson Lotery
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People ride bicycles in a cycle lane in Chelsea
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Jubilee Line tube commuters as lockdown eases
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Jubilee Line tube commuters as lockdown eases
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Jubilee Line tube commuters as lockdown eases.
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Vehicles are seen on the M56 motorway near Manchester,
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Londoners going back to work at Vauxhall
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Londoners going back to work at Vauxhall
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Monty's first day back. West Highland Terrier Monty commutes to work on his bike on his first day back with owner Darragh McElroy. Monty, who's Instagram account is @monty_whitehall_westie, works at the Cabinet Office in Whitehall with his owner Darragh who is Deputy Director of Coronavirus Communications at the Cabinet Office
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Rush hour on the M6 at the junction for Birmingham/Walsall on the first morning of the eased Coronavirus lockdown
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Commuters, some wearing masks are seen at Stratford station,
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Cyclists in Chelsea today.
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Londoners returning to work near London Bridge
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Emergency as Lockdown is slowly lifted at Victoria Station
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Cyclists travel in central London
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Emergency as Lockdown is slowly lifted at Victoria Station
Nigel Howard
Alan Price on his Penny Farthing this morning on Battersea Bridge
Jeremy Selwyn
Delivery men are seen outside a reopened McDonald's with take-out only deliveries in Dalston
Reuters
Jubilee Line tube commuters as lockdown eases
Nigel Howard
Worlds End Nurseries in Chelsea opens for business. Customer Nika Kucifer is shown flowers by Janson Lotery
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Londoners going back to work at Waterloo
Jeremy Selwyn
People ride bicycles in a cycle lane in Chelsea
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Jubilee Line tube commuters as lockdown eases
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Londoners going back to work at Vauxhall
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Jubilee Line tube commuters as lockdown eases
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Jubilee Line tube commuters as lockdown eases.
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Londoners going back to work at Vauxhall
Jeremy Selwyn
Vehicles are seen on the M56 motorway near Manchester,
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Londoners going back to work at Waterloo
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Londoners going back to work at Vauxhall
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Londoners going back to work at Vauxhall
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People urged to improve diet and exercise to help reduce risks of type 2 diabetes during pandemic - Evening Standard
