Gateshead’s poorest people have been hit the hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, the council’s health boss has said.
Behind the Masks: Gateshead’s Covid Stories brings together personal accounts of the pandemic from residents and the professionals who support them.
The report, from director of public health Alice Wiseman, focuses on how Covid-19 has disproportionately affected those from deprived communities – with their housing, type of employment and lifestyles all contributing to their risk of catching the virus, and how ill they’re likely to get when they do.
