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Global shortage of anti-virus masks: WHO chief

Global shortage of anti-virus masks: WHO chief
In this photo taken on February 6, 2020, people wearing face masks walk in Pyongyang. (File/AFP)
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Updated 07 February 2020

Global shortage of anti-virus masks: WHO chief

Global shortage of anti-virus masks: WHO chief
  • World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world is facing a shortage of protective equipment

GENEVA: The world is running out of masks and other protective equipment against the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization chief warned on Friday.

“The world is facing a chronic shortage of personal protective equipment,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the WHO’s executive board in Geneva.