@ Cofty: test and quarrantine staff before allowing them anywhere near the residents.
Oil-rig workers, armed forces etc. all have to leave their families for limited periods of time, so why not care-workers in order to save lives?
a) Who said anything about "8 weeks confinement?"
b) "Pending a vaccine?" A miracle vaccine eh? Like the 'fu vaccine, which still lets 1000s die?
Your turn: What "sensible" & "workable" solutions can you come up with which will stop care-home residents being killed by staff who infect them not only with Covid 19 now, but with the deadly 'flu virus in 6 months time?