The Malaysian Health Ministry has turned to China as they had initially gotten 100,000 pieces from Beijing.
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 14 — Malaysia is trying to source alternative N95 respirators from China after the United States government ordered the manufacturer not to export these any longer, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today.
He also said the respirators were among items most needed at the Health Ministry, in the event the public wished to donate personal protective equipment towards efforts to contain the coronavirus disease in Malaysia. “Previously, China had given us around 100,000 pieces of the KN95 masks of good quality that we could use. Since stocks are depleting we must try to source from other areas and make sure we have at least two weeks supply at hand at all times,” said Dr Noor Hisham.
While urging all frontliners not to be wasteful of the PPEs he also said Malaysia should look into being self-sustainable when it comes to medical equipment.
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