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‘Viral mix’ affecting Bolton care homes described as ‘winter starting in August’

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The ‘viral mix’ affecting Bolton’s care sector has been described by a health chief as ‘winter starting in August’. Of the 57 care homes in Bolton, two are currently closed to new admissions due to Covid outbreaks, three after a respiratory virus broke out and another seven are on a Covid watch list, meaning there is the potential for an imminent outbreak.

Winter vomiting bug norovirus is also more prevalent than normal. The ‘perfect storm’ of winter pressures is compounded by a staffing shortage with workers leaving the sector and a further 51 staff, who have refused to be vaccinated, being forced to leave the sector on November 11 as new legislation comes into force.

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