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Health minister Helen Whately said visitors to care homes would still be expected to wear PPE to protect residents even if visiting rules are relaxed (see here for earlier comments).
Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Whately said:
There is still a way to go to see, for instance, whether the vaccine stops people from being infectious and how it plays through. Visiting will be taken step by step and we will, for instance, when people come back to more normal visiting, still be asking people to use PPE and follow those kinds of procedures.
We will give you the latest on Keir Starmer’s speech from 11am.
Today, @Keir_Starmer will share Labour’s vision for our country.
Tune in from 11am to catch it live. https://t.co/h1IHjGIRSf