British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Friday that the crisis the world is now experiencing due to the outbreak of the Corona virus makes it difficult to obtain enough infection prevention equipment.
Speaking to the Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee, Hancock said: “I really want to wave a magic wand in order to get from the sky large quantities of personal protective equipment,” adding that “since the problem is global and there is a shortage of protective equipment globally, it is It is clear that this issue is under great pressure. ”
Britain is the sixth country in the world in terms of the number of registered infections with the emerging virus “COVID-19” with more than 103 thousand cases, and the fifth in terms of the number of deaths by 13729 cases.
