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India bans export of all kinds of respiratory masks

India bans export of all kinds of respiratory masks

The Indian government has banned the exports of all kinds of personal protection equipment, including clothing and masks used to protect people from air borne particles. The move assumes significance as there could be a spurt in demand for such products due to outbreak of deadly coronavirus that has claimed more than 200 lives in China while the number of confirmed cases reached near 10,000.

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Air India’s 423-seater jumbo B747 plane took off from the Delhi airport to evacuate Indian nationals from Wuhan as China deals with the novel coronavirus outbreak. The government has reached out to over 600 Indians living in China’s Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, to ascertain their willingness to be brought back to India.

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