Lack of testing capacity 'behind increase in Covid outbreaks at Rochdale care homes'
A lack of testing capacity was behind a ‘significant increase’ in coronavirus outbreaks within Rochdale care homes, it has been claimed.Councillor Sara Rowbotham - cabinet member for health during the first seven months of the pandemic - blames a lack of testing availability for care home workers for the rise over recent weeks.However, the government says it ring-fences 120,000 tests every day for the care sector and says 'any suggestion of a lack of available testing for staff is wrong'.The virus had been well contained in the borough’s care settings, with only one significant outbreak over the summer months.But Andrea Fallon, the council’s director of public health, told a Covid-19 engagement board that the picture had recently become