MOH: Shortage of PPE due to distribution issue, 33m sets on the way

Hariz MohdPublished: Mar 23, 2020 10:43 AM | Updated: Mar 23, 2020 11:35 AM

CORONAVIRUS | Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today acknowledged that some hospitals have resorted to makeshift personal protective equipment (PPE) to treat Covid-19 cases and explained that this was due to a distribution issue.

He said the ministry is urgently addressing this, and three million PPE sets are already being distributed to the hospitals...

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