A mother in the UK was named and shamed on Facebook because she failed to participate in the weekly 'clap for the NHS'.

Every Tuesday at 8pm in the United Kingdom, people emerge from their homes to applaud health workers for their role in fighting coronavirus.

The event has become a massive nationwide spectacle, with people cheering, banging pots and pans and even setting off fireworks.

However, when one woman was unable to take part, she was accused of "showing the street up."

The mother described how she had a difficult time getting her young son to sleep and fell asleep herself before 8pm.