Two women, whose fathers died of covid, have won a lawsuit against the London government for failing to protect elderly parents in retirement homes. The High Court recognized as “illegal” the policy of accepting people discharged from hospital in RSA, without isolating them or subjecting them to covid tests. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to “resign”, the two applicants said after the sentence.
At the center of the case are the policies implemented in England between March and April 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, which contradict the assurance then made of having organized a “circle of protection” around the RSAs. Based on government documents, the judges ruled that the policies adopted by then Health Minister Matt Hancock were “illegal” because they did not take into account the risk of transmission by asymptomatics, of which there was then a “growing awareness”.
Cathy Gardner, 60, and Fay Harris, 58, commented on the victory at the trial calling for the resignation of Premier Johnson. I hope this judgment will help those who have lost loved ones “to the rash and illegal policies of the government, whose actions have exposed many vulnerable people to a greater risk of death, and thousands have in fact died,” Harris said. “Hancock’s claims that the government had created a circle of protection around the RSA was nothing more than a shameful lie he should be ashamed of and apologize for,” Gardner added. Their lawyer recalled that in March and June 2020 over 20 thousand elderly or disabled people died of covid in RSAs in England and Wales.
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