Doctors 'forced to reuse PPE' with stockpile failures dating back 11 years

Coronavirus doctors 'forced to reuse PPE' with stockpile failures dating back 11 years

Doctors are being forced in droves to reuse PPE intended to be deployed just once owing to a "desperate" shortage.

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