A petition calling for NHS staff to receive coronavirus testing has surpassed one million signatures.
The Change.org petition started by junior doctor Rebecca McCauley said NHS workers were being left in a "dilemma" when they spot minor signs of coronavirus.
She explained how a minor cough left her wondering whether to go into work or deprive the already-struggling NHS of vital staff.
The petition went on to ask Health Secretary Matt Hancock to introduce priority testing for NHS staff so the can remain in work and treat patients.
More than one million people have signed the petition.
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Rebecca McCauley said: "This same dilemma is being faced by ALL NHS workers, including the cleaners (who are the unsung heroes in all of this!)
"Currently, tests are only being done on patients who require hospital admission.
"This virus will cause minor symptoms for most people, and relatively young and healthy staff are most likely to fall into that category.
"The issue is the patients we treat are not healthy, they are frail and vulnerable. Ask yourself this- if your loved one needs hospital care for a condition not related to Covid-19, would you want them to be treated by staff who are likely infected with it?
"If not, please help us out here."
Medics are also warning the government that their and others' lives are being put at risk as supplies of personal protection equipment (PPE) dwindles.
Items such as gloves, full surgical gowns, hoods and goggles are needed by NHS workers to protect themselves and stop the spread of the virus.
A senior consultant at one London hospital said the rate of patients needing to be intubated – when a tube is inserted through the airway so they can be placed on a ventilator to help them breathe – had “skyrocketed”.
“There is a very limited number of FSM-18 [a type of facemask] available. We will soon all run out completely meaning we are rationing supplies.”
Mr Hancock said a "massive effort" was under way to deliver personal protective equipment to NHS staff and social care providers.
"I can tell you that over the last 24 hours we've shipped 2.6 million masks, 10,000 bottles of hand sanitiser, and we have a growing effort to get that equipment to the frontline," he said.
"Overnight we're going to get 150 hospitals the next pack of protective equipment that they need. We've got all this in storage in case there's a pandemic like this and there are literally lorries on the road right now.
"Some hospitals will get it overnight tonight and then the rest will get their next load before the end of the weekend."
The Cabinet minister assured that the Government has had an "amazing response" to a call-out for manufacturers to turn their efforts to make ventilators, which are seen as essential to saving lives from Covid-19.
He said 1,400 companies have come forward to say they are able to turn their capabilities to the task.
