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Care workers twice as likely to die of COVID-19 as healthcare workers
Care workers are twice as likely to die of COVID-19 as healthcare workers, with new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showing 131 care workers have died from COVID-19, approximately twice the amount of healthcare workers and other working age adults. Source: Care Feeds
Care homes get their own online portal to book coronavirus tests
The government has launched a new online portal specifically for care homes to order coronavirus test kits. Source: Care Feeds
Coronavirus: Dementia charity accuses Boris of being 'dangerously complacent'
The Alzheimer’s Society has accused Boris Johnson of ‘being dangerously complacent’ when he said there had been ‘palpable improvement’ in the number of COVID-19 related care home deaths. Source: Care Feeds
Care homes spending extra £38.6m a week fighting COVID-19
Care homes are paying out £38.6m a week more than usual on PPE and staff cover to stop COVID-19 claiming the lives of their residents but the huge figure is being described as a “conservative” estimate. Source: Care Feeds
