Care operators warn coronavirus may already be in more than 50% of nursing homes
Care home leaders have accused the government of vastly underestimating the deaths of the elderly from coronavirus, as they warned the disease may be circulating in more than 50% of nursing homes and mortality is significantly higher than official figures.
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