Health secretary reverses ban on visits in areas of high coronavirus infection
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Care home residents in England will be able to receive visits during the national lockdown after a last minute U-turn by the health secretary, Matt Hancock, who has bowed to pressure from residents, relatives and care operators and reversed a ban in areas of high infection.
When England goes into a month of new restrictions from midnight, care homes must allow residents to receive visits “in a Covid-secure way” using social distancing and protective equipment, new guidance will say.
