Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers staged the biggest strike in the history of Britain's National Health Service.
Monday's nursing strike affects England.
The latest strike piles more pressure on the state-funded National Health Service, already struggling with the backlog of surgeries and staff shortages.
This, after inflation in the country reached 10.5 percent in December -- a 41-year high.
Nursing unions are adamant emergency care and cancer treatment will still continue despite their 48-hour walkout.
Nurses have long called for pay raises, but the Conservative government argues that would only exacerbate inflation.
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