Move is an attempt to avoid repeat crisis of early pandemic, where equipment shortages were blamed for care home outbreaks
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Care workers will get free supplies of masks, aprons and gloves this winter as the government tries to avoid a repeat of the Covid-19 catastrophe in care homes.
Tougher rules requiring the closure of care homes to visitors in areas with a high incidence of the virus are also expected, with an exemption likely for residents at the end of life.
