Personal Protective Equipment

After China, India is now the second largest producer of PPE coveralls during the COVID-19 pandemic

Facing delays with import along with increasing prices of by Chinese companies made the government body decide to produce them locally.

NADA asks sports ministry for list of centres resuming activities, says it won't send COVID-19 medical workers to collect samples

NADA is gearing up for vigorous resumption of sample collection and testing after the home ministry allowed sports complexes and stadia to open but without spectators.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Navy patent low-cost personal protective equipment, moves on to mass production

The PPE developed by the Navy provides protection along with high breathability and is more suitable for hot and humid weather conditions.

For Mumbai doctors at centre of fight against coronavirus, donning PPEs for long hours is an unprecedented ordeal

The high number of cases in Mumbai means that overstretched doctors have to wear extremely uncomfortable PPEs for long periods of time.

CSIR scientists rise to the challenge, build new protective gear and tests to fight COVID-19

Not only do our past experiences inform our actions now, but advances made in technology also help us mount a stronger attack against the health threat.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Akshay Kumar donates Rs 3 cr to BMC for manufacturing PPEs, masks, rapid testing kits

Akshay Kumar earlier took to Twitter to encouraged people to use the hashtag 'Dil Se Thank You' to express their gratitude to the people 'who work to ensure our safety'.

Nike repurposes footwear components to make face shields and PPE for healthcare workers

By using the face shield, that is produced using a nine-step process, the surgical or N95 masks can be used for a longer time.

Hospitals turning into containment zones will make fight against coronavirus tougher; India should prioritise safety of doctors

Doctors and nurses are the frontline warriors in the fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak. However, unfortunately, by the virtue of their roles, they are also bearing the brunt of the highly contagious disease.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Led by Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam medical fraternity takes a leap of faith in fight against COVID-19

Everyone in the country is nervous, only that people like Jenita Baruah, Dhiraj Pathak, Arun Kumar Konwar, Swapna Bhumic Das, Ratnawati Doley and many other unknown faces from the medical fraternity are braver than the rest.

Coronavirus Outbreak: In Kolkata, doctors on the frontline forced to make do with used gloves, raincoats for gowns

What entails without a proper PPE and shared by different medical professionals across the globe on social media has only triggered fear among healthcare professionals.