WHO warns on supply disruptions in coronavirus crisis, seeks more air capacity

PHOTO|Courtesy: Nurses receive training on using ventilators, recently provided by the World Health Organization, in a hospital wing allocated for coronavirus patients in Sanaa, Yemen, April 8, 2020.

The World Health Organization (WHO) appealed for more flight capacity on Tuesday to step up shipments of diagnostic tests and protective equipment to areas where COVID-19 is spreading, especially Latin America.

Paul Molinaro, chief of WHO operations support and logistics, said global vaccine shipments were disrupted in April and if this continued into May there would be gaps in routine immunisations and campaigns against other disease outbreaks.