Many nations were slow to respond to the threat at care home facilities, and the consequences for some of society's most vulnerable people have been devastating.
London Three months ago, as the novel coronavirus began to gain a foothold in countries across Europe, officials in the UK said they were still confident that the risk to the British public remained low.
By February 25, the World Health Organization said the virus had already killed thousands in China and was spreading through northern Italy, but at the time there were just 13 confirmed cases and no deaths in the UK. While the government ordered hospitals to prepare for an influx of patients, its advice to some of the country's most vulnerable people -- elderly residents of care or nursing homes -- was that they were"very unlikely" to be infected.
The UK's Department of Health and Social Care published a plan on April 16, saying it was moving to institute a policy of testing all residents prior to admission to care homes.UK opposition leader Keir Starmer on May 13 confronted Prime Minister Boris Johnson in parliament over the government's approach to care homes.
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