BREAKING: there has been a Covid outbreak in the Napier barracks where hundreds of asylum seekers are living in cramped and unsanitary conditions. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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Last year, alongside other healthcare professionals, we wrote to the Home Secretary demanding that she closed the barracks with immediate effect, because they are not safe. theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/n…
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The barracks are effectively open prisons as the Covid outbreak means people can't leave.⠀
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It's been reported that there are up to 30 people sharing dorms, with beds only separated by sheets. An outbreak of Covid could be fatal and many are fearful for their lives.⠀
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This was totally predictable and utterly preventable.
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