COVID-19: World's condom producer stops production 21DayLockdown COVID-19
Malaysia's Karex Bhd makes one in every five condoms globally. It has not produced a single condom from its three Malaysian factories for more than a week due to a lockdown imposed by the government to halt the spread of the virus.
The company was given permission to restart production on Friday, but with only 50% of its workforce, under a special exemption for critical industries. "We are going to see a global shortage of condoms everywhere, which is going to be scary,” he said."My concern is that for a lot of humanitarian programmes deep down in Africa, the shortage will not just be two weeks or a month. That shortage can run into months."Malaysia is Southeast Asia's worst affected country, with 2,161 coronavirus infections and 26 deaths. The lockdown is due to remain in place at least until April 14.
Makers of other critical items like medical gloves have also faced hiccups in their operations in Malaysia.
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