Two Countries

---

the UK is now to ensure that daily supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE), frontline staff, health Secretary to Matt Hancock has said.

He told The Daily coronavirus briefing, it was a "huge effort", according to the criticism, the government did not do enough to ensure the protection of critical NHS employees.

the officials said The Briefing of the lockdown was "beginning to pay off", but it was still a "dangerous situation".

the United Kingdom recorded a further 980 hospital deaths, bringing the total number to 8,958.

The victims, not on those who died in nursing homes or in the community, has now exceeded the worst Days of values seen in Italy and Spain.

But England's Deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van-Tam, warned that it was "impossible to say that we have reached the climax", adding that the action was needed by the country under The Social distancing to continue.

The total number of deaths in the world now has More Than 100,000, according to a tally by the Johns Hopkins University in the USA.

'Valuable resources'

the BBC's health editor Hugh Pym said that some of the NHS and the nursing staff say, they were yet to get increasingly difficult, protective equipment, and you felt unsure, despite previous commitments by the government. He asked whether Mr. Steiner was not sufficient for the recognition of previous plans.

The health Secretary replied that it was a "huge challenge", but that 742 million pieces of protective equipment, had been delivered So Far .

"But it is clearly a large task in front of us so that it flows and to ensure that those who need it, get it," he added.

Mr Hancock also told The Briefing that the protective equipment such as masks, gloves and aprons may be used only where it was most needed.

"It's not enough PPE to go around, but Only If it is In Line with our guidance. We all need to treat PSA as the precious resource that it is," He Said .

to remain, He warned, with protective clothing outside the health and social care settings, namely, wash your hands, social distance, and to stay At Home were The Best options for the People .

"A door is better than any face mask," Mr Hancock said.

anyone searching for Covid-19 the patients are the ones most At Risk of catching The Virus .

protective clothing and testing are essential, not only for the protection of the employees, but also for minimizing the spread of Covid-19.

There are stories of doctors, nurses or care home staff have been constant, not always the protection you need.

The government says it was partly a logistical problem. Instead of delivering just over 200 hospital organizations with the PSA, the supply is now up to 58.000 separate organisations, including pharmacies, nursing homes and GP surgeries.

We Are Not Yet at The Peak of the outbreak, despite some positive signs in the data.

to Fall But, even if we do begin to happen at the summit of the cases it will not mean that all restrictions are lifted.

The Best estimate of the proportion of infected People (and potentially immune in the United Kingdom) is 4%. Or, said another Way , More Than 63 million, are still vulnerable to the infection. To cancel the blocking could lead to a further increase in cases

Instead, the government will have to decide to lift what are the limitations to keep, and which new strategies to introduce in order to suppress The Virus .

Mr Hancock said that because of the "huge demand" in the United Kingdom was the establishment of a domestic industry for protection of equipment from the ground up, as well as buying from abroad.

He Said had Burberry offered to protective visors, and hand sanitizer were was dresses, a Rolls-Royce and McLaren by drinks company Diageo and chemical manufacturer Ineos.

Susan Masters, the national Director of nursing policy and practice at The Royal College of Nursing, said the amount of PSA is delivered, it would only be impressive, "when the nursing staff to prevent, to contact me to say what you need to use, was not available".

"The calls which still come by - People are petrified. They have seen colleagues die already. "

At the government briefing, chief nursing officer Ruth May's frontline employees, who had died paid tribute, after contracting coronavirus.

"The NHS is A Family and we feel the loss deeply," She Said .

appeal to pursue The Public of the lockdown rules, She Said it was "frustrating" for NHS staff to see the People , the disregard of social distancing.

"It is enormously frustrating. There are still occasions when my colleagues are always abuse from their neighbors for the journey to work," She Said .

"Our nurses, our healthcare staff Must be able to come to work, it is right and proper that they do, but my questions at all, please stay home, save lives, and protect my employees. "

'UK Death Toll among the highest in Europe'

Philippa Roxby, health reporter

There is no hiding the fact that today's announcement of 980 new UK of death has surpassed cases of Italy and Spain, the worst Days during this pandemic.

Italy is the highest in blood and 969; and Spain is 950.

While these Two Countries are now every day see the death of characters that were in the UK were closed in 1,000 for several Days - and the true number of fatalities is likely to be higher when deaths have Not Yet been reported, it added.

But the NHS was not overwhelmed in The Way that Italy seemed to be hospitals, particularly in The North .

The Message is that the NHS has spare capacity and intensive care beds to stay, thanks to planning and efforts At Home .

It was even a plea from health officials that someone with a serious and worrying health problems of any kind should be on the NHS as usual.

The Hope now is that the British social distancing measures have blocking the same effect, such as Italy and Spain, and the deaths start to Fall - not slowly - in the coming weeks.

Mr Hancock was challenged, he would disregard The Social distancing rules, hold regular video-calls in his office, surrounded by between 10 and 20 colleagues.

Senior NHS leaders expressed alarm that the health Secretary is a bad example, according to The Report .

Mr Hancock insisted that he followed The Social distancing rules on the occasions when he had to go to The Office .

It Comes after Cabinet Secretary Robert Jenrick following, he reported to miss the government respects the rules of lockdown.

Mr Hancock also said The Briefing is a 15-drive-through-examination centers was opened throughout the UK to enable all frontline NHS and social care, the staff will be screened for The Virus .

The 19,100 tests in The Last day is still far the.

But He Said that the new "flagship mega-labs" were on the track in Cheshire and Glasgow, and another has opened in Milton Keynes . Pharmaceutical giants AstraZeneca and GSK were the opening of an additional testing facility in Cambridge, he added.

The government also announced the new Nightingale temporary sick, opened houses, with 460 beds in Washington, Tyne and Wear, and a smaller facility in Exeter.

It brings the total number to seven, with units in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol and Harrogate as well.

In other developments:

As you have the affected by the questions in connection with coronavirus? Share your experiences by E-Mail.

Please enter a phone number to talk if you are willing to have a journalist of the BBC. You can>also in The Following Way :
personal protective equipment (ppe), coronavirus lockdown measures, coronavirus pandemic, nhs, matthew hancock

Source of news: bbc.com