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I was angry to see the Spanish state relax its coronavirus lockdown last week and workers in manufacturing and construction being told to return to work.

Health workers and their supporters took part in a day of symbolic action to demand “health before profit” on Thursday.

Health workers could be forced to reuse protective clothing as a “last resort”, according to a document from Public Health England.

 Health workers are organising a day of action after Tory minister Matt Hancock sparked outrage for telling them to not to overuse protective kit.

Hundreds of people have already died in care homes, yet they are not being counted towards national daily totals. 

Workers can’t “hide” from the coronavirus forever, a government adviser has said. Rupert Shute is the deputy scientific adviser at the Home Office.

The front page of Socialist Worker last week featured faces of some of the many workers in Britain who have died from coronavirus. Of the eight people pictured, six were black or Asian.

Coronavirus puts hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in adult social care services at risk. 

Health workers are dying of coronavirus because of the Tories’ failure to provide proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). 

A London ambulance worker spoke to Socialist Worker about the anger and fear over the lack of PPE

Action by workers has shown the type of ­resistance that’s possible against bosses who force them to work in unsafe conditions during the coronavirus outbreak.

Weeks after the government insisted the shortage of personal protective equipment was being resolved, doctors and nurses are getting ill, and some die because they still can’t get it