Staff at UK care home struggle amid virus surge

UK care homes are again at risk of being overwhelmed by COVID-19, as Britain battles a major surge in  cases.

Tracy Hobson, a clinical lead nurse at Northfield Nursing Home in Sheffield spoke to British broadcaster Sky News and likened her experience to "Groundhog Day".

"Every time you get a discharge, you'll always get another patient coming after", she said.

Eva Koffi, a third-year medical student and part-time carer, told Sky that the situation can drastically change from week to week.

She recalled having a shift one weekend which was "completely fine".

"The next week I come back, every single name on the board had a little sticker next to it saying they had COVID", she continued.

"I literally was terrified."

On Friday, Britain authorised a coronavirus vaccine made by Moderna, making it the third to be licensed for use in the country.

The UK has so far inoculated about 1.5 million people with the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines.

The British government has said it is aiming to vaccinate all elderly care home residents by the end of January.

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