FAMILIES will not be able to hold hands or hug their relatives in care homes after close contact visits were halted for lockdown.
The government previously announced families would be able to spend quality time with their loved ones by taking two coronavirus tests a week.
Now that cases have risen, and a third national lockdown has been imposed, those close contact visits have now been cancelled for the foreseeable future.
Cllr Andy Morgan, who runs Bakewells Care Home in Deane, confirmed that the visits would no longer be able to take place.
He said: "Unfortunately, close contact visits are no longer allowed, but families are still able to visit their loved ones.