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PPE shortages slammed as worker deaths surpass 100
Frontline workers should not have to risk their lives because they haven’t got the right protective equipment.
Coronavirus cases pass 1 million mark in US
The country’s death toll from Covid-19 has surpassed the 58,220 service personnel killed in Vietnam.
Hospital worker suspended after asking for PPE as nation honours fallen key workers
As the UK observed a minute's silence on #WorkersMemorialDay a hospital worker shockingly faced a disciplinary hearing after asking for personal protective equipment to keep himself and his family safe. The London Economic INVESTIGATION finds PPE still a major issue for outsourced health staff working for private firms:
Govt should “protect all workers” – International Workers’ Memorial Day
We cannot go back to a situation where we undervalue the people we’re currently praising as key workers.
“Rough sex gone wrong” defence could rise during lockdown
The campaign group We Can’t Consent To This said that at least 60 women have been killed by men who claimed their sexual partners gave consent to the violence that resulted in their deaths.
Pentagon releases declassified videos of UFO encounters
According to former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid the footage "only scratches the surface".
Panorama investigation unveils shocking PPE failings
Crucial equipment was left out of the stockpile in 2009 and the government subsequently neglected warnings from its own advisers to buy missing items.
ONS data lays bare catastrophe unfolding in Britain’s care homes
They also show a gaping disparity with the daily death figures being released by the government, confirming suspicions that the death toll from coronavirus is far higher than feared.
New Zealand eases lockdown as coronavirus tamed in Australasia
In Australia, authorities have reopened Sydney’s Bondi Beach to swimmers and surfers.