A Tory Cabinet minister has said he is sorry "that people feel" key workers do not have enough life-saving protective equipment.
Alok Sharma today stopped short of a full apology as the government faced a mounting backlash over NHS staff and care workers being put at risk.
Asked by Sky News if he would apologise, the Business Secretary did not do so. Instead he said sorry for "the loss of any life".
But he was then confronted again by the BBC over care workers who have had to wear bags over their faces for the lack of surgical masks.