Dedicated staff at a care home are living in tents to help protect the residents from Covid-19. The move has been taken by nine members of staff at the Victoria House Care Home in Ryde, Isle of Wight, as part of its "no one in and no one out" policy to provide maximum protection for their 20 residents aged between 82 and 103.
Manager Claire Leggett said: "It was the staff that came up with the idea of the tents, I was initially thinking of arranging for them to staying in the home but we don't have facilities. "This is an old Victorian house with 20 residents in 20 rooms, there is no extra space so it was a case that we will put the staff where we need to put them. "I'm not sure how it will work long term but they are coping really well, I