Lisa Lam trims threads on masks as she joins others from a local Vietnamese Facebook group in making masks to donate to nearby hospitals and clinics, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Kati Barnett’s home in Tacoma, Washington, U.S. March 22, 2020. - Reuters
LONDON: The UK government invoked wartime mobilisation to track down ventilators.
South African officials seized a hotel and turned it into a quarantine centre.
US President Donald Trump can now order the private sector to ramp up output of gear for doctors and nurses.
He hasn’t yet, but companies, their businesses suddenly in tatters, are jumping in with acts of altruism and self-preservation.
The Covid-19 crisis has reminded many in the US of the dark days after Sept 11. It is swiftly coming to resemble those after Pearl Harbour, when a Japanese attack drove a reluctant nation into World War II.
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