Covid live: Germany reports record 50,000 new cases; Dutch experts recommend lockdown amid record cases
by Tom Ambrose (now); Lucy Campbell, Martin Belam and from on (#5RS3S)
Robert Koch Institute records 50,196 new cases of coronavirus in Germany; Netherlands would have western Europe's first lockdown since the summer
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Vic Rayner, chief executive of the National Care Forum, said there was a human cost" to the UK government's mandatory jab policy for care home staff, which became effective from today.
PA Media quotes Rayner on BBC Breakfast saying that about 8% of staff are leaving their jobs, on top of those who have already quit the sector since the policy was announced.