Jeremy Corbyn has demanded better protective equipment for NHS staff battling Covid-19 and a higher coronavirus testing rate in the UK.
The leader of the opposition set out his demands in a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday.
He said: "Why are so many frontline NHS staff still waiting for personal protective equipment?
"These dedicated public servants are risking their lives to save lives. They deserve the best protection possible."
Mr Corbyn's comments come after criticism from healthcare workers over the lack of personal protective equipment available to the NHS.
A group of nearly 4,000 medics begged Mr Johnson to “protect the lives of the life-savers” in an open letter to the Sunday Times.
The Government is sending around 200 million items of protective and cleaning equipment to NHS hospitals and facilities, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said last week.
The UK has capacity to carry out 10,000 Covid-19 tests per day and aims to increase the rate to 25,000 per day by late April.
But a former WHO director has said that the UK is not doing enough testing compared to countries like Germany - which is already carrying out 70,000 tests per day.
Professor Anthony Costello told the BBC: "We have 44 molecular virology labs in the UK. If they were doing 400 tests a day we would be up to Germany levels of testing and that is perfectly feasible."
