Safety Masks

A healthcare professional waits at a pop-up clinic testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Bondi Beach, after several outbreaks were recorded in the area, in Sydney, Australia April 1, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

'We're not hungry, we need masks' says Australian doctor on coronavirus frontline

While doctors and nurses in some hospitals struggle to obtain respiratory N95 face masks, Australians walking the streets can be seen wearing them

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker speaks in a hanger after a New England Patriots Boeing 767-300 jet arrived with a shipment of over one million N95 masks from China, which will be used in Boston and New York to help fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, US, April 2, 2020. Jim Davis/Pool via Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

US coronavirus supply spree sparks outrage among allies

Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images via Project Syndicate
Coronavirus chronicle

Face coverings recommended, but Trump says he won't wear one

Various N95 respiration masks at a laboratory of 3M, that has been contracted by the US government to produce extra marks in response to the country's novel coronavirus outbreak, in Maplewood, Minnesota, US march 4, 2020/ Reuters
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

PM asks all on-duty govt officials, employees to use masks

Taiwan to spend $35bn in virus fight, to donate 10mn masks
Coronavirus chronicle

Taiwan to spend $35bn in virus fight, to donate 10mn masks

A standard dust & particle mask, and an N95 medical respirator mask (bottom), that are part of personal protection and survival equipment kits ordered by customers preparing against novel coronavirus, are seen at Nitro-Pak in Midway, Utah, U.S. February 27, 2020.Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Mask Middlemen: Pop-up brokers seek big paydays

A health desk is set up to screen travelers for signs of the coronavirus at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala, India, January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey
South Asia

India bans export of protective masks, clothing amid coronavirus outbreak