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Indonesia clothing maker pivots from Prada to hazmat suits

Bloomberg An Indonesian maker of clothes for Prada and Armani is now producing millions of hazardous material suits after the government called for help fighting Covid-19. PT Pan Brothers, which also makes garments for Adidas, is pumping out jumpsuits along with millions of face-masks each week, many of then headed to front-line workers. While the focus has been on domestic ...

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India bans airlifting patients amid virus lockdown curbs

Bloomberg India has banned use of air ambulances and other medical evacuations unless the treatment required is not available locally, as a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus is extended, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Planes carrying patients will only be allowed to fly if local authorities determine treatment isn’t available at the point ...

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Indonesia orders widespread virus testing as cases increase

Bloomberg Indonesian President Joko Widodo called for an urgent expansion of testing and aggressive containment measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus that’s killed almost 600 people in the world’s fourth-most populous nation. Large scale testing nationwide should be followed by aggressively tracking and isolating those exposed to the deadly disease, Jokowi, as the president is known, told a cabinet ...

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