Here’s how some of the countries worst-hit by the coronavirus are dealing with shortages of protective equipment for healthcare workers:
: Authorities have seized tens of thousands of facemasks being hoarded by individuals seeking to profit from price gouging online. France’s health minister over the weekend said the government had ordered 1 billion masks from China, while 40 million are consumed there each week—around 10 times pre-crisis levels,. French luxury brands Chanel and LVMH have pivoted their facilities to produce PPE and hand sanitizer.
: Doctors are using raincoats and helmets in place of N95 masks, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government is trying to get access to a bulk shipment of PPE from South Korea and China. Ambulance workers in one state are on strike, while one anonymous doctor, while there have been 1,250 confirmed cases to date.: The British Medical Association warned this week that NHS workers and their families are being put at risk from a lack of PPE.
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