MPs hear why Hong Kong had no Covid-19 care home deaths

Prof Terry Lum tells of strict infection control measures that were ignored in the UK

Hong Kong has recorded zero deaths in care homes from Covid-19 by employing strict infection control measures that were ignored in the UK, MPs were told on Tuesday as the death toll from the virus in English and Welsh care homes reached almost 15,000.

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