Coronavirus: govt 'sorry if people feel there have been failings' as deaths rise - BBC News

The Home Secretary Priti Patel has said the government is "sorry if people feel there have been failings" to provide adequate protective clothing to many health workers. Doctors’ leaders have warned that medical workers’ lives are being put at risk due to a lack of personal protection equipment. It comes as deaths in UK hospitals from coronavirus rose by more than 900 in the last 24 hours. Many more people are thought to be dying in care homes and in the community. Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News reports from Science Editor David Shukman, Health Correspondent Laura Foster, Home Affairs Correspondent Tom Symonds and Political Correspondent Ben Wright.

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