The Chinese city of Dali is accused of 'stealing' a shipment of surgical masks headed for a city battling more cases of coronavirus.
A Chinese city with only eight confirmed cases of coronavirus has been accused of intercepting a shipment of surgical masks bound for a municipality with 400 cases, prompting outrage on social media.
Hospitals, towns and cities across China are scrambling for supplies of equipment, in particular protective masks, as the number of cases of the coronavirus, which emerged in the central city of Wuhan in December, approaches 30,000.Coronavirus: Anger as Chinese officials are accused of taking masks supplied for medical staff
The government of Dali city, in the southwestern province of Yunnan, was accused this week of making an"emergency requisition" of a shipment of masks bound for the hard-hit municipality of Chongqing, state media reported. Chongqing told Dali to give them back but the Dali government said on Wednesday it had already distributed the 598 boxes of masks and so could not retrieve them.COSTFOTOEven hospitals in Wuhan, are facing dwindling supplies.
The city, which has more than 10,000 confirmed cases of infection, has called on public support for protective supplies such as masks and suits.Source
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