A covid-19 outbreak has forced a Felixstowe care home into lockdown

An unconfirmed number of residents and staff members tested positive for Covid-19 at Margery Girling House, in Gosford Way.

All residents have been asked to stay in their flats to avoid further spread of the virus and the care home, run by Orwell Housing, is now following guidelines set out by the government and is working closely with the East Suffolk council to ensure residents' safety.

Rowan Procter, Orwell Housing's director of care and support, said: ""We are doing everything we can to keep everybody safe locking down the residents so that there isn't any mixing to ensure safety is our biggest priority.

"We have numbers of staff working there and we have some of our volunteers going to to help provide food and drinks doing as much care as possible with the staffing level we have.

"We are working very closely with the local authority and CCG to ensure we are adhering to full infection control processes."

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