UK: COVID-19 Law Puts Rights of People with Disabilities at Risk

Expand A man wears a protective face mask as he drives a mobility scooter in central Leeds on the morning of March 21, 2020, a day after the British government said it would help cover the wages of people hit by the coronavirus outbreak as it tightened restrictions to curb the spread of the disease. © 2016 OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images (London) – UK’s Coronavirus Act, which becomes law today, has serious implications for the rights of people with disabilities and older people, and its implementation needs to be carefully monitored to protect people’s rights to health care, education, and…

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