Relatives of staff who died of virus welcome new payouts but warn focus must be on PPE
Grieving families of NHS and social care workers who died after contracting coronavirus in the course of their duties will be entitled to a £60,000 payment, ministers announced on Monday as the reported death toll for frontline workers rose to 134.
The health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock, said families will receive the payment as part of a “life assurance scheme” and expressed a “deep personal sense of duty” to care for their relatives.