Medical workers in Japan are facing severe shortages of personal protective equipment in their fight against the new coronavirus despite government efforts to increase support, a recent survey has shown.
A total of 78 percent said in an online survey conducted last month that there was a shortage, or somewhat of a shortage of necessary medical protective gear, up from 61 percent in the previous poll in March, according to medical information provider K.K. eHealthcare.
The study was conducted between April 16 and 21 on 522 medical doctors nationwide and was a follow-up to the one in March that saw 817 questioned.