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'I see the bravery in their faces'

NHS cleaner and documentary maker Hassan Akkad on the impact of his address to the PM.

Hassan Akkad is an NHS cleaner, Syrian refugee and a documentary maker. Yesterday he posted a video on Twitter during his lunch break yesterday which soon went viral. Hassan - wearing his NHS uniform - looked into the camera and addressed the Prime Minister directly about a scheme to compensate the families of NHS workers who die of the virus. Within hours of that video being posted the government changed its policy.

(Image: Hassan Akkad. Credit: Reuters)

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