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Luke Traynor & Emma Robertson

Shielding couple forced to leave their caravan say they are being 'sent home to die'

A couple who have been forced to leave their caravan in Wales say they have been "sent back home to die".

Susan Dinn, who is registered disabled, and husband Ken Dinn, who has chronic asthma, had been shielding on a holiday park in Caernarfon, Wales, since July.

They wanted to keep away from their home in Knowsley as the borough has recently had the highest rates of Covid-19 in the whole of England.

But the caravan park has been forced to close due to the two-week “fire break” lockdown in Wales.

Susan, 67, told the Liverpool 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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Susan and Ken Dinn believe they are being "sent home to die" (Liverpool Echo)

"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."

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.

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."

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."

Today a further 1,324 people tested positive for coronavirus in Wales, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 41,577.

Public Health Wales said 16 people with Covid-19 had died, with the total number of deaths in the pandemic rising to 1,772.

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