China encourages export of medical suits to meet overseas demand amid virus outbreak

Business & Finance
4 Mar 2020 • 4:00 PM MYT
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Medical workers put on protective suits at a preparation room next to isolation wards at Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, February 24. — China Daily pic via Reuters

SHANGHAI, March 4 — China is encouraging producers of protective suits for medical use to export to meet overseas demand as the coronavirus spreads outside the country, a government official said today.

Cao Xuejun, a senior official at China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, made the comment at a press briefing in Beijing. — Reuters