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UK health staff 'terrified' over lack of kit to fight virus

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NSTworld: British doctors and health workers have raised the alarm about a lack of sufficient protective kit to treat potential coronavirus patients. covid19 Britain testkits

One doctor said he felt “terrified” of the lack of Personal Protective Equipment available for carers.

However, testing and identifying those without the virus would be better than “losing them all into self-isolating,” an NHS consultant told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. A health centre in north east England has also complained of receiving surgical masks that went out of date in 2016, Labour MP Kevan Jones said in parliament on Wednesday.

 

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