“Billion items” of PPE distributed is actually 14m identifiable items a day over 53 days, majority of which is pairs of gloves...
No national data on daily usage provided.
What data we do have, locally & internationally suggests it’s not enough.
BLOG: bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
No national data on daily usage provided.
What data we do have, locally & internationally suggests it’s not enough.
BLOG: bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
Source material for all figures in blog:
1. DHSC to BBC on breakdown of “billion” PPE items
2. Minister tweeting U Lincolnshire daily usage rates
3. French PM on weekly mask need at 45 million
4. NHSE cumulative Covid deaths spreadsheet, total/by trust
1. DHSC to BBC on breakdown of “billion” PPE items
2. Minister tweeting U Lincolnshire daily usage rates
3. French PM on weekly mask need at 45 million
4. NHSE cumulative Covid deaths spreadsheet, total/by trust
French PM’s chart on its mask supplies v informative, and not data supplied in UK.
“Need” of 45 million masks per week (compared with 5m in January). (In UK “billion items” timeframe, is equivalent of 338m)
Stock of 117m
Massive imports of 81m last week
Domestic production 8m
“Need” of 45 million masks per week (compared with 5m in January). (In UK “billion items” timeframe, is equivalent of 338m)
Stock of 117m
Massive imports of 81m last week
Domestic production 8m
French Health minister, a doctor, demonstrating on TV mass rollout of “reusable cloth masks” for general public, to be distributed to public by retailers, pharmacies... ie health workers wouldn’t use reusable masks, but France sees a role for public in addition to distancing...
