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‘Hand holding’ with care home residents could be allowed before second vaccine dose, minister says

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direct to your inboxRelatives could soon be able to visit and hold hands with those in care homes, even before they have had their second vaccine dose, a government minister indicated today.Care Minister Helen Whately said that she wants care homes to open up ‘sooner’ than the 12 week delay that is in place between the first and second doses of the coronavirus vaccine.But, she indicated that even after a loosening of the rules, PPE and strict hygiene measures will still be in place.Speaking to BBC Breakfast, she 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.

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