India, March 26 -- WHO urges govts of lockdown countries to ramp up testing

The Union government admitted for the first time that it faced problems getting personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors and other health workers to deal with the public health emergency from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

This admission comes after a warning given by the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 30, 2020, asking governments across the world to ramp up the production of PPEs, ventilators and testing kits.

"Yes, there is a problem with the availability but that is due to challenges in importing raw materials due to supply chain disruption," said Lav Agarwal, the joint secretary for the ministry of health and family we...