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Staff ‘fed to the wolves’ during Covid pandemic - Care worker

A damning report into the impact of the Covid pandemic on care homes has criticised government failings for allowing the virus to "spread like wildfire".
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Aithon Cooper, a care worker during the Covid pandemic at a home for adults with complex needs. He now sits on the GMB union's National Care Committee. He tells Channel 4 News that care workers were "fed to the wolves" during the Covid pandemic.
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