London, UK, 6 March 2021: A menopausal woman puts on an oestrogen patch for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on her upper thigh. There is some evidence that oestrogen also has protective effects against the worst symptoms of covid-19 caused by the novel coronavirus. Anna Watson/Alamy

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