British former health secretary allegedly ignored COVID-19 advice for elderly care homes

Leaked texts allege former British health secretary ignored COVID-19 advice for elderly care homes - UPI.com Britain's former health secretary allegedly rejected critical advice from the country's top medical officer to test elderly people for COVID-19 and keep them segregated prior to admitting them to care homes. UPI

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Then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock's response in April 2020 was to initially mandate testing and isolation for elderly people entering care homes after being discharged from the hospital only, and that he would rather "leave out" any commitment to test everyone, according to the texts reported by The Telegraph

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