Life for Britons in care homes is still full of restrictions
Campaigners argue that residents need more human contact
NO GROUP suffered more during the pandemic than care-home residents. Figures for England produced by the Office for National Statistics show that just over 45,000 residents have died after contracting covid-19 since the pandemic took hold in March 2020. A group that comprises fewer than one in every 100 people bore more than one in four covid deaths. They also suffered disproportionately from measures designed to protect them and the wider public from covid-19. Residents have regularly been prevented from seeing family and friends for weeks or months at a time. Many of the victims died alone.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Isolated incidence”
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