At the start of the pandemic, 2 million of the most vulnerable people in England were given an instruction.

You need to shield.

People got a letter with a government logo over the top saying you're

clinically extremely vulnerable, stay inside and then the next letter people receive

literally is you can now go out.

On Friday the National Shielding Program is being put on pause.

The government says it's time to go back to work.

People who will be required to go back to work,

that's an incredibly difficult situation and quite a personal dilemma.

Do I risk my job or do I risk my health?

With hundreds of new coronavirus cases being reported every day,

is it too soon?

What will happen to the people who are most at risk?

I was working in a care home.

They did tell me that they couldn't guarantee my safety.

It was suggested that I should just leave.

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I'm Mann Vien Rana.

Today, is shielding ending too soon. I'm Judy and I'm 58 and I'm married and I have three sons, grown sons and a granddaughter who's nearly seven months.

Judy from Northampton has multiple sclerosis. She has to take drugs that suppress her

immune system. That meant that under government guidance she's been shielding, staying

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