Personal protective equipment
Independent Workers Union of Great Britain says couriers, cleaners and delivery drivers not getting PPE or Covid-19 tests.
Nadia Whittome says she had not portrayed the care home operator negatively when highlighting a national shortage.
With the White House shifting some effort away from coronavirus and back onto the state of the economy, President Trump has cited some responsibility for the lack of PPE to the previous administration. The interview took place in Arizona while the president visited a face mask production facility, wearing only protective eyewear.
The president also told ABC News that his efforts to reopen parts of the country could result in "some" additional deaths, "but we have to get our country open."
Number 10 has said changes to the coronavirus lockdown depends on meeting five measures.
The UK will hold a minute of silence to honour key workers who have died and the government is also offering £60,000 to families of healthcare workers who lost their lives, a move that comes as calls for a public inquiry into the shortage of personal protective equipment mounts. President Trump said he takes no responsibility for the misuse of disinfectants since he suggested they could help fight coronavirus, multiple cities in the US have reported a spike in calls to poison control centres. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the pandemic is “far from over” as concerns grow over rising cases in Africa, Latin America, Easten Europe and parts of Asia. In some positive news a laboratory at Oxford University is taking the lead in a global race for a vaccine saying the first dose could be ready as early as September. And a former professional rugby player who is quadriplegic scaled the equivalent height of Mount Everest - on his parents stairs. Ed Jackson raised over $50,000 for Britain’s National Health Service by climbing 5,566 flights of stairs in four days.
The government has faced sharp criticism over failures to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to frontline staff.
Labour leader uses first outing at PMQs to warn there is a "pattern" of government mistakes over coronavirus.
Since those on the frontline can’t get enough PPE, the general public is not being advised to wear face masks – despite the evidence, writes journalist Sunny Hundal.
The UK is 'at the peak' of the crisis, and MPs are urging the government to make sure BAME people are not unfairly targeted by police during lockdown.