‘Not fit for purpose’: UK medics condemn Covid-19 protection

Doctors and nurses warn shortages of appropriate equipment may put lives of NHS staff lives at risk

Frontline NHS staff are at risk of dying from Covid-19 after the protective gear requirements for health workers treating those infected were downgraded last week, doctors and nurses have warned.

Hospital staff caring for the growing number of those seriously ill with the disease also fear that they could pass the infection on to other patients after catching it at work because of poor protection.

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