Coronavirus: “lives at risk” due to lack of protective clothing for health workers - BBC News

Leading health organisations -- including the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine -- have repeated their warning that a lack of protective clothing is putting lives at risk. They have called for a clear strategy from the government to ensure a sustained supply.

An RAF aircraft has flown to Turkey to collect a shipment of 400,000 clinical gowns although it's still not clear when they will arrive in the UK.

Public Health England has admitted the lack of PPE is a concern.

Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Health Editor Hugh Pym.

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