The Prime Minister's comments today sparked anger from care providers, who said they were "neither accurate nor welcome." Number 10 insisted the PM was "absolutely not" blaming care homes. As late as 25 February, Public Health England was advising care homes it was "very unlikely" they would be hit with the virus. Today, Mr Johnson said lessons are being learned - but cast blame on care homes as they responded to the Covid-19 outbreak. A Number 10 source said: "Throughout this crisis care homes have done a brilliant job under very difficult circumstances.

Source: Daily Mirror July 06, 2020 16:48 UTC