Commenting after the latest set of ONS figures on deaths in care homes was published today (July 3), Janet Finch-Saunders MS – the Shadow Minister for Older People and Social Care – said:

“It’s only a few weeks since the shocking news that 1,097 residents were discharged from hospital to care homes without being tested for Coronavirus.

”The virus is still out there, and that includes in care homes. We see this in the statistics published today and that means that we cannot let down our guard against COVID-19 for some of our most vulnerable people, and those who work so hard to care for them.

“The Minister has promised fortnightly tests for residents, but these have yet to be implemented in all areas of Wales.

“And so, I and my Welsh Conservative colleagues call for this to be implemented immediately, or have the reasons why the Labour-led Welsh Government will not do – or cannot achieve – this to be made public.”

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