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Covid-19 outbreak in Hove care home prompts calls for urgent support for social care
A SUSPECTED outbreak of Covid-19 in a nursing home in Hove, East Sussex, today has increased pressure on the government to devise a “clear” plan for social care.
More than two-thirds of residents at the Oakland nursing home are showing symptoms of the virus, yet staff claim they have been left to deal with the situation alone.
Nurses have allegedly been forced to cope with the crisis without protective gear or testing.
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