UK Health Secretary slammed for offering badge to care workers instead of PPE

With coronavirus curve in United Kingdom rising up day by day, health care workers are demanding better protective gear in order to fight disease effectively. United Kingdom's health secretary Matt Hancock was slammed for offering care workers a badge as y continue to plead for emergency medical equipment. Matt Hancock on April 15 came up with a badge that read, "CARE' on it for health workers who are risking ir lives at front lines. 

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Hancock insisted that badge would let health workers publicly identify mselves' as NHS staff do. According to reports, a health care worker criticizing Hancock's idea said that y need more than a badge to describe ir precious role in society. Ar worker said that y are short of protective gear and y fear for ir lives. Health care workers around world are becoming victims of coronavirus because of lack of proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Many doctors and nurses have died fighting coronavirus at frontline and this has become a matter of concern for ors who are working despite short.

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According to data by worldometer, United Kingdom has recorded more than 98,400 cases so far, of which over 12,800 people have lost ir lives. re are currently 85,264 active cases while 1,559 remain under critical condition. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

deadly Coronavirus infection has claimed more than 1,34,000 lives across world and has infected over 20,84,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China was most affected country until last month before Italy, Spain, US, UK, Iran, Germany and France surpassed it to record most number of deaths anywhere in world due to COVID-19. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being traded illegally.

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