{
  "id": 15735432,
  "title": "UK government failures led to Covid spreading ‘like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/uk-government-failures-led-to-covid-spreading-like-wildfire-in-care",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-20T11:00:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/20/uk-government-failures-led-to-covid-spreading-like-wildfire-in-care-homes-inquiry-finds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Inquiry chair says failure to advise care homes to isolate people discharged from hospital was ‘significant oversight’ • UK politics live – latest updates The care sector was “an afterthought” during the Covid-19 pandemic, and government failures caused the virus to spread “like wildfire” among vulnerable and elderly people, a public inquiry has found. Heather Hallett, who is leading the Covid-19…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Health",
        "title": "Covid failings in care homes: What the inquiry says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/covid-failings-in-care-homes-what-the-inquiry-says",
        "published": "2026-10-20T12:16:38.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}