WHO warns of global shortage of coronavirus protective equipment
An employee from a disinfection service company sanitizes at a traditional market in Seoul, South Korea, February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran
GENEVA - The world is facing a chronic shortage of gowns, masks, gloves and other protective equipment in the fight against a spreading coronavirus epidemic, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.“For the last two days there had been fewer reported infections in China, which is good news, but we caution against reading too much into that. The numbers could go up again,” he told the WHO Executive Board in Geneva.
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