Coronavirus: what is a key worker - and do you qualify?

Government has released list of ‘essential’ staff who are exempt from UK school closures

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NHS staff are included on the list of ‘key workers’
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The UK government is closing all schools to pupils nationwide with one important exception - the children of so-called “key workers”.

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