UK inquiry finds government failures let Covid spread like wildfire in care homes
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Lady Heather Hallett’s Covid-19 inquiry report, published Tuesday, says adult social care was an “afterthought” and UK government failures let the virus spread rapidly among vulnerable people. She called it a significant omission that patients discharged from hospitals into care homes were not advised to be isolated; restricting visits also caused profound isolation. More than 43,000 people died from Covid in UK care homes between March 2020 and July 2022.
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