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Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of having a “worse record” than England on the handling of coronavirus in care homes. The First Minister clashed with ITV Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid over the “devastating” mistakes made. Ms Reid pointed to a research report that had analysed the SNP’s approach to the care home sector.

She told the Scottish leader: “If you look at the figures for care homes, you do appear to have a worse record than England.

“The University of Stirling report found that in Scotland 47 percent of deaths attributed to COVID-19 occurred in care homes. That compares to 30 percent in England.

“What did you get wrong there when it came to sending people home from hospital to care homes?”

Ms Sturgeon defended herself, claiming that the number of excess deaths was actually lower in Scotland than in England.

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