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Boris Johnson Refuses To Say Sorry For 'Blaming' Care Home Workers For Covid-19 Spread
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Boris Johnson repeatedly refused to apologise to care home workers amid claims he is attempting to blame them for the spread of coronavirus.
Labour leader Keir Starmer pushed the PM to say sorry in the Commons several times after he sparked fury for saying “too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures” during the crisis.
The PM and his ministers have said that Johnson was referring to the fact asymptomatic transmission between patients was not known about, but he stands accused of “insulting” front line workers.
The virus has spread rapidly among care homes as the disease disproportionately affects the elderly and 257 care workers have also lost their lives.
Martin Green, the boss of Care England, is among many who say the government had a “policy of emptying hospitals and filling care homes” when coronavirus began to grip the country in order to protect the NHS.
Claiming “the last thing I wanted to do was blame care workers for what has happened”, the PM said: “When it comes to taking blame, I take full responsibility for what has happened.
“But the one thing that nobody knew early on in this pandemic was that the virus was being passed asymptomatically from person to person in the way that it is and that’s why the guidance and the procedures changed.”
At least 20,000 people have died from Covid-19 in care homes.
Residents went without tests. Staff were left without PPE. And all after a decade of cuts to social care.
Shameful of Boris Johnson for trying to blame others for his government's failures. pic.twitter.com/toOO657ycJ— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) July 7, 2020
“That’s not an apology and it just won’t wash,” Starmer countered.
“It was clear what he was saying and the prime minister must understand just how raw this is for many people on the front line and for those who have lost...
