Harrogate hospital staff on the frontline in the fight against coronavirus urgently need hand cream.

The Harrogate Hospital and Community Charity has today asked local businesses to donate as much as possible.

It comes as hospital staff, who normally wash their hands very frequently, need to wash them four times more than usual.

Anyone who can help should send an email to the charity by clicking or tapping here.

So far, the charity has been pleased with their call for donations.

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Georgia Hudson, the community and events fundraiser, told the Stray Ferret: "We have had a really good response, it's been really positive.

"We need quite a lot. We have over 1,500 staff in the hospitals and 4,500 staff who are working in the communities."

There are currently 30 confirmed coronavirus cases in North Yorkshire with one death at Harrogate District Hospital.