The NHS is due to receive 84 tonnes of PPE only lasting three days as the UK coronavirus death toll soared over 15,400. Speaking at today's daily Covid press conference from Downing Street, Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick said a "a very large consignment" is due to arrive from Turkey tomorrow.
It includes 400,000 gowns, but reports say the health service is currently using 150,000 a day, meaning the shipment is estimated to last until Wednesday.
It comes after backlash from frontline workers over a nationwide shortage of protective equipment. We previously told how almost half of Scots nurses felt pressured to care for patients without adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), according to a survey.