{"id":389791,"date":"2026-10-20T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/families-anger-after-covid-inquiry-dismisses-matt-hancocks-protective-ring-claim\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:00:26","slug":"families-anger-after-covid-inquiry-dismisses-matt-hancocks-protective-ring-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/families-anger-after-covid-inquiry-dismisses-matt-hancocks-protective-ring-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Families&#8217; anger after Covid Inquiry dismisses Matt Hancock&#8217;s &#8216;protective ring&#8217; claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/w7vvqP5LnHU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Families&apos; anger after Covid Inquiry dismisses Matt Hancock&apos;s &apos;protective ring&apos; claim\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w7vvqP5LnHU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The care sector was \u201can afterthought\u201d during the Covid-19 pandemic with failings allowing the virus to \u201cspread like wildfire\u201d and resulting in thousands of deaths despite the claim there was a protective ring around care homes, the inquiry has found.<\/p>\n<p>Then-health secretary Matt Hancock\u2019s claim \u2013 made in May 2020 about protections at the start of the pandemic \u2013 was \u201cunfounded\u201d, UK Covid-19 Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett said, adding: \u201cQuite the opposite was true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry has found that vulnerable care home residents were left with \u201cinsufficient protection\u201d as patients were discharged from hospitals without knowing if they had the virus.<\/p>\n<p>There were more than 43,000 recorded care home deaths involving Covid-19 between March 2020 and July 2022, the report said, and inquiry hearings last year heard a civil servant describe the toll as a \u201cgenerational slaughter within care homes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The care sector was \u201can afterthought\u201d during the Covid-19 pandemic with failings allowing the virus to \u201cspread like wildfire\u201d and resulting in thousands of deaths despite the claim there was a protective ring around care homes, the inquiry has found. 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