Joy as care homes welcome indoor visitors for first time in months
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Updated: 20:47, 08 March 2021
Olive and John Chubb, from Herne Bay, were among many delighted to hold hands and see one another face-to-face for the first time in months, as retirement homes welcomed visitors indoors at long last.
Resident Olive Chubb is visited by her husband of 60 years, John, at St Brelades Care Home in Herne Bay. Picture: Barry Goodwin
Care homes first closed their doors to visitors when the pandemic broke out about a year ago. Since then, guidelines have changed on multiple occasions, but no visits have been allowed to take place during the current lockdown.