Covid-19: How frontliners put on their PPE properly


Healthcare workers dressed in PPE at the Covid-19 screening table in front of Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz's Emergency Department. — Photos: DR HARDIP SINGH GENDEH

If knights of old had their armour, healthcare workers of today have their personal protective equipment (PPE).

Just as a knight’s armour protects them against injury in battle, a healthcare worker’s PPE protects them against infection in their battle against dangerous microorganisms.

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