Global condom shortage looking likely after world's biggest producer shuts down over coronavirus

The world's biggest condom producer said a global shortage is looking likely since the coronavirus forced a halt in production, Reuters reported.

Malaysia's Karex Bhd makes one in every five condoms globally — and hasn't produced a single condom in its three Malaysian factories over the past 10 days since the country's government imposed a lockdown to slow the spread of the pandemic, the outlet noted.

That's already a shortfall of 100 million condoms supplied to state health care systems such as Britain's NHS or distributed by aid programs such as the UN Population Fund, Reuters added.

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