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28 Apr. Families of British health and care workers who die on the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemic will be paid 60,000 pounds as part of a new life assurance scheme, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday.

Britain has one of the world’s highest death tolls – 21,092 hospital deaths and thousands more yet to be quantified in care homes. Among those, 98 health and care service workers are known to have died after testing positive for the virus.

The scheme is aimed at families of those who die from coronavirus during the course of essential and life-saving work, and includes those providing direct care as well as cleaners and porters.