A further 186 people have died with coronavirus in the UK, bringing the total to 43,414
A dedicated team, set up by the Ministry of Defence shortly after the coronavirus outbreak in the UK, has sourced more than 10.9 billion items of personal protective equipment for front-line workers - at a cost in excess of £5.8bn.Defence Equipment and Support experts led a 270-strong"New Buy PPE" team of volunteers from the NHS and other governmental bodies"to progress at pace submissions to the Department of Health and Social Care".
"This remarkable milestone indicates how focused they are on getting vital PPE to the NHS front line," said DE&S chief Sir Simon Bollom on Friday. The 10 billion items form part of a total of 28 billion items of PPE ordered by a government-led consortium of industry, overseas partners and the armed forces.
In the UK, the availability of personal protective equipment for health and care staff, both before and during the Covid-19 pandemic, has becomeCentral government opened up a dedicated central supply route in early April, but for a while officials struggled to secure adequate stocks. In early May, after a series of delays, it was found that a batch of long-promised PPE from Turkey included
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