Britain to hold minute’s silence next week in memory of frontline NHS workers who died fighting coronavirus
BRITAIN will fall silent next week in memory of those who have died fighting Covid-19 on the NHS front line.
More than 60 health workers have lost their lives in the line of duty.
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The nation has come together every Thursday at 8pm to applaud our NHS fighters.
Now, at 11am on Tuesday April 28, the country will hold a minute’s silence organised by healthcare unions to honour those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
Join our George Cross campaign for NHS staff
SUN readers are today urged to sign a petition calling for our NHS staff to be awarded the George Cross.
Yesterday, we backed a proposal by Lord Ashcroft to honour our health heroes with the gallantry gong given for acts of bravery that did not take place in battle.
A No10 spokesman said: “The NHS is doing a fantastic job and the nation will want to find a way to say thank you when we have defeated this virus.”
SAS hero Andy McNab added: “The award of a George Cross would show an emotional appreciation.”
We are asking readers to sign the petition online at mcb777.site/georgecrossfornhs.
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Royal College of Nursing general secretary Prof Dame Donna Kinnair said: “This respectful silence will be a poignant reminder of the risks they run to keep us safe.”
The number of NHS workers killed by the virus has more than doubled in just a week.
Paramedic Barry England, 58, “counting the shifts to retirement” after 33 years with East of England Ambulance Service, was among the latest victims.
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