Local companies urged to free up protective equipment for health workers

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Business SA issues an urgent call to companies to release personal protective equipment for health-sector staff battling the Covid-19 pandemic

Appeal goes out to companies in manufacturing, forestry and agriculture, construction, mills, spray painting, mining and signwriting industries, among others to release personal protective equipmentBusiness SA , a new initiative created to help the government combat SA’s response to Covid-19, has issued an urgent call to companies to release their supplies of masks, gowns and gloves to protect health-care staff tackling the virus.

Local stocks of personal protective equipment have been hit by soaring global demand in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, which by Monday had sickened 738,000 people and killed more than 35,000 people since it first emerged in China late last year, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. The equipment shortages have been worsened by export restrictions, supply chain disruptions and escalating costs, BSA said in a statement.“Stocks are rapidly depleting.

 

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