{"id":36167,"date":"2020-01-28T14:35:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=36167"},"modified":"2020-01-28T14:35:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:35:05","slug":"a-chinese-official-warned-of-a-protective-mask-and-suit-shortage-amid-the-wuhan-coronavirus-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=36167","title":{"rendered":"A Chinese official warned of a protective mask and suit shortage amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static4.businessinsider.com\/image\/5e2e52ff24306a0fe63e6e63-1024\/gettyimages-1195508721.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"china wuhan masks virus\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/health-care-members-make-first-aid-to-people-as-they-cover-news-photo\/1195508721?adppopup=true\" \/>Miguel Candela\/ SOPA Images\/ LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> A Chinese official warned that the country is facing a massive shortfall of protective disguises and dress as citizens gear up amid the coronavirus outbreak. Neighbourhood governments have ordered citizens to embrace the protective wear as a preventative measure, but doctors and officials have seen a tight strain on assets since the outbreak earlier this month. The death toll of the outbreak hit 80, with 2,744 people infected worldwide on January 27, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhc.gov.cn\/yjb\/s7860\/202001\/3882fdcdbfdc4b4fa4e3a829b62d518e.shtml\">China&#8217;s National Health Committee<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/?hprecirc-bullet?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Visit Business Insider&#8217;s homepage for more tales<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The coronavirus outbreak sweeping China is reportedly creating a shortage of protective masks and dress. <\/p>\n<p>Since the outbreak was first determined earlier this month, local governments and public health officials have recommended protective wear as a preventative measure to protect citizens living among the fast-spreading virus. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chinese-official-protective-mask-and-suit-shortage-wuhan-coronavirus-2020-1?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">See the rest of the story at Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOW WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/weight-loss-myths-carbs-calories-fat-debunk-myths-2019-10?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">3 dietitians debunk 18 weight loss stories, from cutting carbs to fad diet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See Also \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">The Wuhan coronavirus has killed 80 people and infected more than 2,700. Here&#8217;s everything we are familiar with the outbreak .<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/wuhan-coronavirus-officials-quarantine-entire-city-2020-1?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Wuhan, China, and at least 11 other cities ought to have quarantined as China attempts to halt the spread of the coronavirus. That&#8217;s about 33   million people on lockdown .<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/wuhan-coronavirus-sars-bats-animals-to-humans-2020-1?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Experts imagine the Wuhan coronavirus jump-start from bats to serpents to people. At-bats ought to have the source of at least 4 pandemics .<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=BwKu4eQmym8:gYKR_HZJjws:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=BwKu4eQmym8:gYKR_HZJjws:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=BwKu4eQmym8:gYKR_HZJjws:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=BwKu4eQmym8:gYKR_HZJjws:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=BwKu4eQmym8:gYKR_HZJjws:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=BwKu4eQmym8:gYKR_HZJjws:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=BwKu4eQmym8:gYKR_HZJjws:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=BwKu4eQmym8:gYKR_HZJjws:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~4\/BwKu4eQmym8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~3\/BwKu4eQmym8\/chinese-official-protective-mask-and-suit-shortage-wuhan-coronavirus-2020-1\">feedproxy.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miguel Candela\/ SOPA Images\/ LightRocket via Getty Images A Chinese official warned that the country is facing a massive shortfall of protective disguises and dress as citizens gear up amid the coronavirus outbreak. Neighbourhood governments have ordered citizens to embrace the protective wear as a preventative measure, but doctors and officials have seen a tight &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[758,20644,18247,5256,3372,16280,20643],"class_list":["post-36167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-uncategorized","tag-china","tag-citizens","tag-least","tag-outbreak","tag-people","tag-shortage","tag-wuhan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5e2e52ff24306a0fe63e6e631580222105.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}