<p>Corruption around medical safety gear is tantamount to "murder", by depriving health workers treating COVID-19 patients of the protection they need, the World Health Organization chief said Friday.</p>.<p>"If health workers work without PPE (personal protective equipment) they are risking their lives, and that also risks the lives of the people they serve," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.</p>.<p>"It is criminal and it is a murder. And it has to stop."</p>
<p>Corruption around medical safety gear is tantamount to "murder", by depriving health workers treating COVID-19 patients of the protection they need, the World Health Organization chief said Friday.</p>.<p>"If health workers work without PPE (personal protective equipment) they are risking their lives, and that also risks the lives of the people they serve," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.</p>.<p>"It is criminal and it is a murder. And it has to stop."</p>