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. WHO earlier this week said it had started sending masks, gloves, respirators, protective isolation gowns and test kits to countries requiring assistance. Tedros also said some countries were still failing to share clinical data on confirmed cases of the virus. Tedros also pointed out that for the past two days the number of reported cases of the virus had declined.

Source: New Strait Times February 07, 2020 11:38 UTC