'For the last two days there have been fewer reported infections in China, which is good news, but we caution against reading too much into that,' World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said about the coronavirus outbreak
GENEVA - 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 chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.
“This afternoon I will be speaking to the pandemic supply chain network to identify the bottlenecks and find solutions and push fairness in distribution of equipment,” he said. During its technical briefing for member states, there was discussion about naming the virus - which emerged in a seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December.“We thought it very important that we provide an interim name so no location was associated with the name. I’m sure you have seen many media reports that are still calling this, using the name Wuhan or using China,” WHO epidemiologist Maria van Kerkhove told the board.
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