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 (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. The UN agency has been sending testing kits, masks, gloves, respirators and gowns to every region, Tedros told the WHO Executive Board in Geneva. "However the world is facing a chronic shortage of personnel protective equipment, as you might imagine. WHO has already assigned an interim name of 2019-nCOV (novel coronavirus) acute respiratory disease. "We thought it very important that we provide an interim name so no location was associated with the name.

Source: bd News24 February 07, 2020 14:37 UTC