Emergency food parcels cannot address worsening poverty, and their provision could contribute to the spread of COVID-19, says the Independent Food Aid Network.
Some councils face a choice between leaving people sleeping rough or bringing them into accommodation such as night shelters which risks spreading the virus and should only be used as a last resort.
Locking down care homes in March was an emergency response to a virus about which little was known, but more is now understood about the risks of transmission and measures are in place to keep people safe, says the National Care Forum.
Trusts are struggling to complete very high-risk repairs where there is a danger of catastrophic failure of care or serious injury, says a new report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Return to work policies should be informed by a human-centred approach that puts rights and international labour standards at the heart of economic, social and environmental strategies, says the International Labour Organisation.
Pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences has failed to deliver on promises to make an important drug available to people suffering from a life-threatening HIV-related infection, said Médecins Sans Frontières.