3月3日，世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞在当天召开的疫情媒体通报会上表示，由于新冠肺炎疫情的蔓延，全球范围内个人防护装备的供应需增加40％。他呼吁各国之间团结互助，制造商紧急增加产量，以共同应对个人防护装备短缺的问题。
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday called on governments and manufacturers to urgently increase the production of personal protective equipment to meet growing demand worldwide. At a daily media briefing, the WHO chief said it is estimated that the supply of personal protective equipment, such as medical masks, gloves and goggles, needs to be increased by 40 percent globally. 在会上，谭德赛提到由于需求不断增长以及存在囤积和滥用的现象，全球个人防护装备供应受到日趋严重的影响，进而使各国对疫情的应对能力也受到影响。自疫情发生以来，外科口罩的价格上涨了六倍，N95口罩的价格上涨了三倍，防护服的价格上涨了两倍。The ability of countries to respond to the novel coronavirus is being compromised by the severe and increasing disruption to the global supply of personal protective equipment which is caused by rising demand, hoarding and misuse, said Tedros. Tedros went on to say that since the coronavirus outbreak, prices of surgical masks have increased sixfold, N95 respirators have tripled in cost and protective gowns cost twice as much. 世卫组织已向27个国家运送了近50万套个人防护装备。但这远远未能满足不断增长的需求。据世卫组织预计，为应对新冠病毒，全球医护人员每月需要8900万只口罩，7600万双手套和160万副护目镜。
谭德赛表示目前世卫组织已经提供了如何合理使用个人防护装备和有效管理供应链的指南，他同时强调各国政府、制造商应该开展合作，以协助提高产量和保障严重受疫情影响国家的防护装备供应量。The WHO has shipped nearly half a million sets of personal protective equipment to 27 countries. It estimates healthcare workers will need 89 million masks, 76 million gloves and 1.6 million pairs of goggles each month.Tedros said the WHO has guidelines on how to rationalize the use of personal protective equipment and manage supply chains effectively. He also stressed that governments and manufacturers should carry out cooperation to boost production and secure supplies for critically affected countries.
连日来，新冠肺炎疫情在全球持续蔓延，各国民众也争相抢购物资，以应对疫情可能带来的影响。在疫情较为严重的韩国大邱、意大利伦巴第、日本北海道等地，当地居民纷纷涌入药店和超市购买防护用品，口罩、消毒湿巾、手部消毒液等产品被抢购一空。The novel coronavirus continued to spread in South Korea, Japan, Europe, Iran and the United States, and several countries reported their first confirmed cases, taking the total to some 80 countries hit with COVID-19. In South Korea's Daegu, Italy's Lombardy, Japan's Hokkaidō and Tokyo, and other severely hit cities around the world, residents have flocked to pharmacies and supermarkets, panic-buying facial masks, antibacterial hand wipes and hand sanitizer.此外，各国民众也大量抢购厕纸、方便面等生活物资和清洁用具。在海外社交媒体网站上，网友们也分享了一张张照片，上面是空空如也的货架和等待购买物资的排队“长龙”。Consumers around the world have reported empty supermarket shelves as people stock up on toilet paper, instant food and cleaning items in the midst of coronavirus fears. Social media was flooded with images of empty store shelves and people buying large quantities of paper goods after some countries raised their alert level, responding to the heightened virus risk.
解决“口罩荒”？中国口罩日产量、日产能突破1亿只！当全球个人防护装备需求剧增，各国民众都面临“口罩荒”的时候，也让人不禁想问，到底什么时候可以实现“口罩自由”？
3月2日，国家发改委发布消息称，我国口罩日产能、日产量连续快速增长，双双突破1亿只。截至2月29日，包括普通口罩、医用口罩、医用N95口罩在内，全国口罩日产量达到1.16亿只, 日产能达到1.1亿只。其中，医用N95口罩日产量、日产能分别达到166万只、196万只，有效解决了一线医护人员的防护需要。Amid the global shortage of personal protective equipment, good news arrived when China announced it has greatly increased its facial mask output and production capacityAccording to the data issued by the National Development and Reform Commission on Monday, China's daily output of facial mask has reached 116 million units and, as of Saturday, the daily production capacity was 110 million units. Besides, the daily output and production capacity of N95-rated medical masks reached 1.66 and 1.96 million units respectively, ensuring that medics at the forefront of the fight against the virus are well-equipped.