The UK Prime Minister has said he owes his life to National Health Service staff treating him for Covid-19 as his government faced further criticism about the supply of protective equipment to frontline workers.
Boris Johnson's first public statement since he was moved out of intensive care at St Thomas' Hospital, in central London, followed a daily briefing in which Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was "sorry" if people felt there had been "failings" in protecting health workers.
And the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) piled more pressure on ministers by urging its members to refuse to treat patients as a "last resort" if adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) could not be provided.