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According to a UN report presented to its human rights council last week, people affected by leprosy have lost access to treatment, had their drug supplies disturbed, been cut off from work and have died in high numbers from Covid-19. A 2019 UN report said stigmatisation of leprosy, despite it being a curable condition, has pushed many who suffer from the disease into vulnerable positions where they could not access regular work or healthcare and were even being banished from their communities. “People affected by leprosy have been denied testing, treatment and vaccines for Covid. We insist on handwashing and masks, but these communities didn’t have access to that or even basic food because of the lockdowns,” Duck said. ....