Virus deaths at care homes are soaring and may overtake hospital fatalities
Office for National Statistics data shows a third of England’s nursing homes currently have coronavirus infections.Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter, of the University of Cambridge, said: “We’ve seen some massive, unprecedented spikes in the number of deaths.
“There has been a lot of attention on the NHS data because of the fear that the NHS would be overwhelmed and it hasn’t been. He said: “Once you’ve got one case in a nursing home, you’ve got a potential problem. Residents are elderly, densely packed in, with poor quality PPE — it’s a perfect storm.is absolutely perfect but we know it has been poor-quality for quite some time.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock refused to apologise for the huge numbers of Covid-19 deaths in care homes.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
English councils vying for emergency virus cashCounty councils say care funding must be a priority while district councils say services are at risk.
Read more »
Coronavirus live news: Trump says China could have stopped virus as global cases pass 3 millionPresident says US is doing serious investigation into Beijing’s actions; New Zealand eases restrictions; pressure grows to ease lockdowns in Europe. Follow the latest news
Read more »
Son ‘hacked virus survivor mom, 78, to death with meat cleaver & lay on her'A SON allegedly hacked his coronavirus survivor mom to death with a meat cleaver and then lay on top of her blood-soaked body. David Galicia, 48, has been charged with the brutal murder of his mom …
Read more »
Companies must get back to work – and be able to weather new virus wavesIt’s reassuring to know that when the second wave of the virus comes, many of us will at least have enough compost and lawn feed to see us through it.
Read more »
Three Beijing activists missing after preserving virus articles onlineThree Beijing-based internet activists have disappeared and are believed to be detained by police for keeping an online archive of censored coronavirus news stories online.
Read more »
Three Beijing activists missing after preserving virus articles onlineThree Beijing-based internet activists have disappeared and are believed to be detained by police for keeping an online archive of censored coronavirus news stories online.
Read more »