Ministers are in talks about ordering UK public to use protective equipment at work

Office staff could be asked to wear masks to allow a widespread return to work. Ministers are discussing ordering the use of protective equipment in the workplace and on public transport, the Daily Mail can reveal. They believe it could be the only way to allow a widespread return to normality once the home lockdown ends.  … Read more

Jack Osbourne and girlfriend Aree Gearhart don protective masks on quarantine break in LA

Jack Osbourne and girlfriend Aree Gearhart don protective masks for quarantine break in LA By George Stark For Dailymail.com Published: 00:53 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 01:01 BST, 16 April 2020 Jack Osbourne and girlfriend Aree Gearhart carried on with the world’s ‘new normal’ on Wednesday, as they were seen stepping out in Los … Read more

Thousands of volunteers sign up to make scrubs and protective equipment

Thousands of volunteers sign up to make scrubs and protective equipment for NHS workers on the front line of coronavirus battle By Claire Duffin For The Daily Mail Published: 01:43 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 01:46 BST, 14 April 2020 Thousands of volunteers have stepped in to help produce clothing and protective equipment for … Read more

Kelly Osborne covers up with a protective face mask as she takes a stroll in with her pomeranians

Kelly Osbourne covers up with a protective face mask as she takes a stroll with niece Pearl and her pomeranian dogs during LA lockdown By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 22:15 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 13 April 2020 She is currently self-isolating in LA amid the coronavirus pandemic.  And Kelly … Read more

Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness wear protective masks during dog walk and grocery run

Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness wear protective masks during a dog walk and grocery run in New York City By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 07:49 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 08:21 BST, 13 April 2020 Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness have been riding out their home quarantine, due to the coronavirus pandemic, in … Read more

Supply of vital protective equipment for NHS faces delays as airlifts are held up by China

Delivering lifesaving protective gear to frontline health staff has become ‘hand to mouth’, an NHS leader has revealed.  The Government is airlifting in crates from China on a daily basis but some are being removed from planes before take-off by officials who want to test them. Other boxes are reaching the UK only for NHS officials … Read more

NHS staff at Salford-based office left ‘in shock’ after heartless thief steals protective gear

A masked thief ransacked an NHS office and stole personal protective equipment (PPE) in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The vital items were stolen by the balaclava-clad thief during a raid on an office in Salford, Greater Manchester. Alongside protective equipment, which is in short supply in medical facilities across the country as doctors … Read more

NHS doctors say their hospitals could run out of protective gowns

Senior NHS officials have revealed that hospitals could run out of gowns for doctors after Priti Patel said she is ‘sorry if people feel there have been failings’ over the supply of protective gear.  Memos that were leaked today warned of a ‘national shortage’ of the long-sleeved gowns that are needed to treat coronavirus patients.  … Read more

Turkey flies a second planeload of personal protective equipment including masks and suits to UK

Turkey has sent a second planeload of emergency equipment to Britain to help medics fighting the deadly coronavirus. The first flight from Ankara took off on Friday carrying PPE including surgical masks, N95 industrial masks and hazmat suits, with a second flight landing on Saturday at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, the defence ministry said. The items were … Read more

Pictured: The personal protective equipment EVERY frontline NHS medic needs

Britain’s medics on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic have been calling on the government to provide adequate personal protective equipment. Alarming scenes from the nation’s hospitals have revealed nurses wearing homemade gowns from bin bags and curtains amid claims of a dire shortage. In one of the most harrowing cases, a doctor warned … Read more