Two grieving daughters are behind the legal challenge which could force the Government into court to defend its handling of care homes during the pandemic.
A High Court judge yesterday ruled in favour of Dr Cathy Gardner and Fay Harris, granting them permission for a full hearing against the Government, NHS England and Public Health England.
Dr Gardner accuses the Government of breaching the human rights of care home residents, including her 88-year-old father Michael Gibson.
A virologist herself, Dr Gardner was forced to say goodbye to him through a window of the Cherwood House Care Centre in Oxfordshire.