More than 1600 volunteers in underprivileged areas of Tehran have run 185 workshops in making protective gear and distributing them for free to those who cannot afford them. In February 2020 alone, they produced 52 800 three-layered masks, 60 820 five-layered filtered masks, 1 232 000 normal surgical masks, and 57 800 gowns for health care workers.
WHO is adding to the volunteers' efforts shipments of protective gear, testing kits, and other essential COVID-19 supplies. Starting on 6 February, WHO has shipped tens of thousands of masks, N-95 respirators, gloves, goggles, and more to protect the country's health workers. WHO has also delivered medicines as part of the “Solidarity” clinical trial for COVID-19 treatments.
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