A husband with chronic asthma and his registered disabled wife say they have been "sent back home to die" after they were forced to leave their caravan home in Wales.
Susan and Ken Dinn had been shielding on a holiday park in Caernarfon, North Wales, since July and were keen to stay away from their Knowsley home, particularly as the borough has recently had the highest r ates of Covid-19 in the whole of England.
But with the implementation of a two-week “fire break” lockdown in Wales, designed to contain the latest spike in coronavirus cases, the holiday park has to close for at least a fortnight, meaning the Halewood couple have had no choice but to move out.
The Dinns are now back on Merseyside, but they said they feel as though they have been placed in more danger by the Welsh government's rules.
Susan, 67, told the ECHO : "It was safer for us to be in Wales, we were no threat to anyone there, we've been there that long.
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"The Covid rates in Knowsley are very high, which is why we were staying out of the way, and didn't want to come back.
"We feel like the government has sent us home to die, it's a possibility, my husband is in the high-risk group."
The Welsh fire break started at 6pm on Friday and will include the half-term holiday and last until Monday November 9.
First Minister Mark Drakeford said a “short, sharp, shock to turn back the clock, slow down the virus, and give us more time" was needed.
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Mrs Dinn has joint problems and arthritis while her husband, an ex-production manager in the food industry, suffers with severe asthma, meaning he is susceptible to contracting the virus.
Susan, a retired nurse of more than 30 years, and Ken were being urged by their three sons not to come back to Knowsley during the summer as coronavirus rates climbed in the borough.
She added: "We came to Wales on July 13 and thought we'd stay in our static caravan until it all calmed down.
"It's not fair, we are being penalised for just wanting to protect ourselves.
"It's not the holiday park's fault, the owner was only doing what he was instructed.
"There are a lot of people on Merseyside who have caravans in places like Wales."
A friend of the family added: "The risk to their health and well-being is now being compromised due to no fault of their own.
"Is it moral to send these vulnerable pensioners into a Covid Tier 3?"
A Welsh Government spokesperson said: "Unless they are using the accommodation as their main residence because they do not have an alternative, or the business has been asked to continue to provide services by the Welsh Government or the local authority, anyone staying in a holiday park will be required to leave during the two-week fire breaker in line with the requirements for tourism businesses to close."
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