LONDON: Getting groceries in the coronavirus crisis has been tricky for many people, but for Eric Jones – an 89-year-old Briton who lives alone and relies on cash – it has proved particularly perplexing.
Before lockdown, a volunteer drove Jones to a supermarket near his home in southern England to pick up a weekly shop and withdraw cash to pay all the people who support him at home, be it the podiatrist or his handyman.
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