WHO warns on supply disruptions in coronavirus crisis, seeks more air capacityPHOTO|Courtesy: Nurses receive training on using ventilators, recently provided by the World Health Organization, in a hospital wing allocated for coronavirus patients in Sanaa, Yemen, April 8, 2020. The U.N.’s World Food Programme has reported the first disruptions in some food supply chains that “could bite deep”, he said. “We saw the international air transport system on which we are quite dependent for movement of cargo gradually shut down. We appeal constantly for more offers of assets, or extremely discounted air cargo,” Molinaro said. The WHO had benefited from some preferential pricing and aimed to secure 9 million tests through consortia.

Source: Standard Digital April 28, 2020 12:33 UTC