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Isolated citizens of Barrow fear for the future amid shockingly high infection and death rates

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Wearing white hazmat suits over their uniforms and protective face-masks beneath their helmets, a phalanx of police officers stand sentry beside a barrier slung across a country road. Sinister-looking signs warn approaching motorists they would endanger their lives, and face serious criminal proceedings, should they be foolish enough to venture any further. As the rest … Read more

4,000 feared dead in care homes: Coronavirus death toll is being shockingly underreported

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A ‘hidden epidemic’ of coronavirus in care homes may have cost 4,000 lives, experts warned last night. They believe deaths are being hugely under-reported because of a lack of testing. GPs are also sometimes reluctant to write Covid-19 on death certificates and figures from care homes are not included in the official daily toll.  The … Read more