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Franklin-Corbett fulfills an Instacart order at a local grocery store as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, in District Heights, Maryland, US. — Thomson Reuters Foundation

WASHINGTON: Tyrita Franklin-Corbett knew she was risking her health delivering groceries during the coronavirus pandemic, but she didn’t expect to be laid up by a dog attack.

Furloughed from her job as an auditor at a public accounting firm in May, the single mother of a 12-year-old son from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, started to take on more shifts with online grocery pick-up and delivery service Instacart.

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