UK health watchdog may investigate coronavirus deaths
by Vikram Dodd and Denis Campbell from Science | The Guardian on (#537F7)
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The deaths of more than 50 hospital and care home workers have been reported to Britain's health and safety regulator, which is considering launching criminal investigations, the Guardian has learned.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which investigates the breaking of safety at work laws, has received 54 formal reports of deaths in health and care settings where the source of infection is recorded as Covid-19". These are via the official reporting process, called Riddor: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences.
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