UK's PPE orders from Turkey fail to meet safety standards 

Some 400,000 pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) that the British government ordered from Turkey have not met the safety standards, according to local media reports on Thursday.

That PPE is now stuck in a warehouse in London and the reports say the British government is trying to trace the source of the equipment. It's still unclear that whether the British government will seek any refund. 

The shortage of PPE has been the most prominent problem of the current COVID-19 situation and it continues to plague the British government. 

In fact, many of the British doctors have had to buy their own PPE during the epidemic, local medical association noted. 

(Cover: Members of the clinical staff wearing Personal Protective Equipment PPE care for a patient with coronavirus in the intensive care unit at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England, Tuesday May 5, 2020. /AP)