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Global PPE Shortage Endangers Health Workers Worldwide

| COVID-19

WHO warns of a 'chronic shortage' of personal protective equipment globally as governments compete for limited supplies of masks, gowns, and gloves. Over 90 countries implement export bans. Frontline healthcare workers ration single-use equipment for days. Nurses in New York use garbage bags as gowns. The shortage is linked to over 100,000 healthcare worker deaths.