Malaysia will donate at least 20 million pairs of medical gloves to Ebola-afflicted countries to help in the fight against the deadly virus, Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday.
“Medical experts have cited the shortage of medical rubber gloves as a key problem in combating the outbreak,” he said in a statement.
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will each receive three containers of gloves, while Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo will each receive one container, according to a statement.
“Malaysia can make a unique and vital contribution to the fight against Ebola because we are one of the biggest manufacturers of rubber gloves,” a government spokesman said.
