He added that many of the hospitals in the country are without even basic medical supplies now. "They just simply don't have the appropriate masks, they've got no N95 masks, only surgical masks, and they are having to use surgical tape to try and make them more secure," he continued. Poorer people in the country, Jonathan said, are "screwed" either way because of what is happening. What they are doing is they are organising a plane, if they get enough material, to transfer that over to Nepal. "The Nepalese government has asked for a variety of stuff from N95 masks, oxygen equipment, PPE equipment, that kind of stuff.

Source: Irish Independent May 19, 2021 05:44 UTC