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The doctors' union, the British Medical Association, has called for face coverings to be made compulsory in all public places where social distancing isn't possible. The Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, spoke to Mishal Husain and explained why the Government is not extending the mandatory wearing of masks beyond public transport. Mishal also hears from two women who lost their fathers to Covid-19 on the 30th of March. Maxine Sealy’s father Astley Wellington was born in Jamaica and was part of the Windrush generation. Toddy Peters’ father Ram Advani came to the UK from India and started showing symptoms a few days after his wife died. The R4Today podcast.

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