NHS medics fighting the coronavirus are forced to cut up plastic curtains and use them as gowns

NHS medics fighting on the coronavirus frontline are forced to cut up plastic curtains and use them as gowns as PPE shortage rages on Health Secretary had previously said 742m units of PPE had been delivered Medics claim they are having to create their own PPE from plastic curtains Intensive care staff being cut because … Read more

People wear their finest gowns and even wedding dresses to put the bins out

Black tie bin day! Women in lockdown don wedding dresses and ball gowns as they bring the glamour to everyday chores Angie Emrys-Jones, 43, from Truro, Cornwall, started the Facebook group   Nominated for an award at a charity event but it was cancelled due to Covid-19 The Facebook group has more than 12,000 members donning glamorous … Read more

Fashion giant H&M to redirect suppliers to make masks, gowns and gloves for doctors

Fashion giant H&M to redirect suppliers to make masks, gowns and gloves for doctors By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 22:24 GMT, 22 March 2020 Fashion giant H&M will redirect its suppliers to manufacture thousands of masks, gowns and gloves for doctors.  It said it would … Read more

Global supply of masks, gloves and gowns is ‘rapidly depleting’ WHO says

Supplies of face masks and other protective equipment against the coronavirus are ‘rapidly depleting’ around the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday.  ‘Shortages are leaving doctors, nurses and health care workers dangerously ill-equipped to care for COVID-19 patients,’ said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO.  An estimated 89 million masks, 1.6 … Read more