The Fire Brigades Union said the number unable to work represented 5.1% of the sector’s overall personnel.

Sarah Crossland, 32, found the note posted through her car window after picking up essential supplies for a friend during her own weekly shop

Personnel from all three strands of the armed forces will be sent to work at five ambulance trusts.

At the time Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: "The Conservatives had the opportunity to end cuts to our police and fire service and lift the Public Sector Pay Cap.

School staff on the front line are calling for protective equipment amid the Covid-19 crisis to protect their families.

Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers in England, said the number of gowns in some parts of the country was ‘very, very low’.

Dozens of frontline workers have now died while working for the NHS during the pandemic.

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Lorraine, whose route covers areas of south London, said she was ‘frightened to die’ in a video posted online on Sunday.