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Government failings allowed Covid ‘to spread like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry finds

The sixth report from Covid inquiry criticises the lack of PPE and the way patients were discharged from hospital.

Government failings allowed Covid ‘to spread like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry finds

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Pressivio’s Health desk has added the source report “Government failings allowed Covid 'to spread like wildfire' in care homes, inquiry finds” to its international monitoring stream.

The sixth report from Covid inquiry criticises the lack of PPE and the way patients were discharged from hospital.

Original source: BBC Health
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