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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dan Barker

Care homes reliant on agency staff ‘more likely to give residents Covid-19’

PA Wire

Care home residents who are looked after by agency staff are more likely to catch coronavirus from their carer than those who are looked after by dedicated teams, a study has found.

New modelling by the University of Strathclyde showed that homes which depended on agency staff were two-and-a-half times more likely to spread the virus to their residents.

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