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The job description for a COVID-19 community health worker - and how this could fight US unemployment

A healthcare worker wearing a protective face mask and suit pushes a patient in a wheelchair near the emergency unit at 12 de Octubre hospital during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain March 28, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez - RC20TF9CSWTZ

Community healthcare teams could be bolstered by people out of work. Image: REUTERS/Sergio Perez

Raj Panjabi
Chief Executive Officer, Last Mile Health
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