The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a treatment kit for 2019-novel Corona Virus (nCoV) that is expected to be distributed in areas infected by the deadly virus.
In its latest Situation Report posted on its Twitter account, WHO stated that the ‘2019-nCoV kit’ was developed as a result of the cooperation between its Operational Support and Logistics (OSL) and technical experts in health operations.
WHO stated that the 2019-nCoV kit is similar to prepared treatment kits used for high treatment pathogens in emergencies like cholera and Ebola.
“In the coming days, the costing, procurement and assembly of these kits will be a priority,” the report read.
The treatment kit is expected to boost the response in dealing with infection especially in China where thousands of cases were already reported.
WHO also said that a market survey has already been distributed to over 40 organizations through the Pandemix Supply Chain Network (PCSN).
The market survey aims to ‘understand the availability, distribution and forecasting of crucial response commodities throughout the world.’
“The Network is exploring operational options within its stakeholders to ensure in particular that critical personal protective equipment is secured and distributed to appropriate locations,” the Situation Report read.
“Guidance is currently under development for managing the logistics associated with case management, focusing on isolation, triage and standard treatment centre configuration,” it added. (Aaron Recuenco)