NHS staff making masks from snorkels amid PPE shortages
Doctors Association UK says medics buying kit from hardware stores or asking schools for help
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NHS staff are making improvised masks out of snorkels, buying kit from hardware stores and using school science goggles to protect themselves in anticipation of a rise in coronavirus cases, it has emerged.
Doctors and nurses said they were being forced to improvise as they worried about access to appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
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