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Coronavirus: NHS workers' lives at risk over PPE shortages, says BMA

NHS staff still do not have the protective equipment they need to treat coronavirus patients, medics have said.

The British Medical Association (BMA) said doctors were putting their lives at risk by working without adequate protection.

It comes as the health secretary said 19 NHS workers had died with coronavirus since the outbreak began.

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Source: BBC News, 11 April 2020

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