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THE UK should be braced for further increases in the number of coronavirus-linked care-home deaths, the daily Downing Street press conference heard today.
Public Health England medical director Professor Yvonne Doyle said the figure for deaths in care homes may be revised upwards.
She told the press conference: “In due course those deaths sadly may occur on death certificates, so we may expect more than we are seeing at the moment, yes.”
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The horrors in the Congo have much in common with Gaza’s genocide, most notably the financial and military support of the US, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
