One care home with a Covid outbreak said it had asked Covid-positive staff to keep working, if well enough, to ensure it had enough cover
Restrictions are in place at 143 out of 450 residential homes, with at least one care provider asking Covid-positive staff to work due to shortages. such as mask-wearing in public spaces and the legal requirement to isolate after a positive test result were lifted last month in the government's Living with Covid plan.James Bullion said the impact of the lifting of restrictions was keenly felt in the care sector"We do need to protect those businesses as well, I do worry about social care providers in Norfolk, how they are coping and what all of this might mean for their business.
"People are ill, but not in need of hospitalisation, and the remaining staff we have... the level of fatigue is immense.