China warns against 'excessive' use of protective suits amid coronavirus outbreak

An visory for "reasonable use" of protective suits for safety against coronavirus has reportedly been issued on Sunday by China's National Health Commission that cautioned against "excessive and disorderly" use of clothing that would waste resources and could also increase infection amid intensifying global spre of disease that has claimed more than 800 lives.

statement has been issued as China is facing a severe dearth of equipment including suits, masks, goggles and testing kits for medics, and access is reserved for patients with severe symptoms only, suggest reports.

According to reports, supplies of protective clothing has boosted over past few days, however, y still aren’t sufficient for patients flooding hospitals. short of equipment and coronavirus test kits is reportedly delaying diagsis in Wuhan as well as in surrounding area of Hubei province where virus has hit severely.

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People in Wuhan remained perplexed over scarcity of equipment

Ar report suggests that people in City of Wuhan remained perplexed over scarcity of equipment, An Jianhua, a 67-year-old who was feared to have contracted coronavirus h waited 7 hours outside city hospital in Wuhan to test for virus, however, she told reporters that hospital was short of kits and h to test her.

She furr revealed that she was referred to ar hospital in Wuhan that was t only overcrowded but due to lack of testing kits, doctors could man to get an intraveus drip for her. He Jun, her son told media that despite pacing to several hospitals in a week, his mor h to be quarantined at home and her health was rapidly declining and he h to watch her struggle and die, re was hope.

coronavirus was first reported last December and is w a global health emergency of international concern with several cases of deaths and infections reported worldwide. In China, cities have been sealed off, millions have been quarantined as authorities rush to build several new hospitals in Wuhan to accommodate soaring number of patients.

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