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Domestic violence is on the rise as more people are sheltering at home, but the true scope won't be known for some time

, several US cities have already reported increases in domestic violence cases and calls to local hotlines.

Ray-Jones told CNN, that her group has gotten calls from "survivors who say the pandemic is making their situation worse." In another incident, another man in Pennsylvania shot his girlfriend and then killed himself after losing his job to coronavirus. The girlfriend survived, according to CNN. Marianne Hester, a Bristol University sociologist told The Times domestic violence increases when families spend more time together like during the holidays and the shelter in place orders have that same effect. During the lockdown in China, a woman told The Times that her husband beat her with a high chair after an argument.

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