BBCNEWS BBC News December 24, 2021 13:26:00
Nigel, roger, anne, pat, trudy, john, joyce and, lastly, jean. the covid outbreak at linden house in somerset last christmas claimed the lives of ten elderly residents in less than three weeks. we were clear for so long and then itjust hit us and with that, one by one, all of our staff were going, it was long, it was tiring. it was scary. head chef nic has worked here for three decades. she and her team did 12—hour shifts in the kitchen, sending meals on trays as the residents isolated alone in their rooms. we would facetime residents or sometimes you would run past their windows and just wa...