China Running Out Of Medical Supplies Due To The Coronivirus

This image appears to show a doctor wearing a protective suit made out of a bin bag at a hospital in China, where officials say medical supplies are running low

Daily Mail: Images of 'doctors wearing home-made face masks and scrubs made from bin bags' appear online as China admits it is RUNNING OUT of medical gear due to coronavirus

* China's foreign ministry says it needs 'urgent supplies' of protective equipment
* Many have stocked up on face masks and they are compulsory in some areas
* A Wuhan hospital claimed that pictures of makeshift protective gear were 'fake'

China is running short of protective medical equipment because of the coronavirus outbreak, Beijing said today, amid claims that hospitals are having to make masks and scrubs out of bin bags.

Medical workers need 'urgent supplies' of masks, protective suits and safety goggles, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Monday.

Virus fears have prompted many in the country of 1.4billion to stock up on face masks, but China's factories can only produce 20million of them a day at full capacity.

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Update: China leadership admits 'shortcomings' in virus response -- AFP

WNU Editor: The commissars are making sure that they get the supplies first .... Fury in China as footage appears to show officials taking doctors' face masks (The Guardian).