Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Demand For Ebola Gear In U.S. Further Strains Response In Africa

Shortages loom for treatment centers even as protective suit manufacturers increase their output.

After two Ebola deaths on U.S. soil, hospitals moved fast to implement new safety procedures and buy the full-body protective suits designed to protect doctors and nurses from exposure to the deadly virus. But those well-intentioned precautionary measures are having an unintended consequence: exacerbating gear shortages in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, the African countries hardest hit by the outbreak.

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