COVID-19 Impact on Disposable Medical Supplies in Healthcare Industry
The first case of COVID-19 Pandemic was found in Wuhan, China. This pandemic has influenced the whole planet with its major impacts on the economy and businesses across globe. The COVID-19 spread worldwide in unprecedented ways due to its high infectious and contagious nature and lack of availability of its vaccine. As a result, the greatest medical challenge in the 21st century is yet to be faced by physicians worldwide. Though emergence of the virus can be tracked back to Asia, many European countries along with U.S. have been struck massively by the pandemic. The virus has spread across all regions ranging from North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa up to South America. The COVID-19 has been declared as a pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO) due to its increased spread across the globe. After the declaration of the pandemic, various countries announced the complete lockdown such as the U.S., Germany, India and China among more in order to decrease its spread. The contagious nature of COVID-19 has increased the demand of disposable medical supplies like gloves, syringes, hypodermic needles and gowns among professionals of healthcare organizations. According to the weekly epidemiology report of 20 September 2020 by WHO stated 30.6 million cases of Coronavirus has been reported globally and 950 000patients are dead due to the Coronavirus. The outbreak of COVID-19 is having a huge impact on the healthcare industry majorly the disposable medical supplies.

IMPACT ON DEMAND
The COVID-19 pandemic has lifted the disposable medical supplies industry from its niche pedestal to the mainstream sector. Even before the pandemic, disposable medical supplies like surgical face masks, gowns, needles, syringes and other items have proved influential in ensuring first-line security against many nosocomial infections or communicable diseases in the hospitals or clinics. The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has further expanded the role of disposable medical supplies in various domains. Several companies operating in other domains are eager to enter and some have already entered the landscape of the disposable medical supplies especially for products like face masks, apron and gowns to increase their revenue by meeting the emergent need of protective equipment from the virus infection. Read in detail...