Millions of masks and gloves for Kiwi front-line workers have arrived in Auckland after being protected by armed guard. Joe Taylor, CEO of National Express Products, said the guard was necessary because of “questionable tactics” used by some countries to secure PPE.
Armed guards have been used to protect a shipment of New Zealand-bound personal protective equipment leaving China, the scramble for PPE being described as “the Wild West”.
While the level 4 lock down is in place Police, Fire and Emergency Services are still working. They need the protection of PPE and hand sanitiser. This is where NXP comes in.
Gull is diverting 50,000 litres of ethanol to be used in hand sanitiser production to meet urgent demand from healthcare and emergency services.
Gull has teamed up with NXP, a supplier to the commercial cleaning industry and government agencies, to ensure there is enough sanitiser to meet the immediate needs of police, defence force, schools and healthcare workers.
Retailers are making big changes to accommodate the disruption of the Covid-19 Level 4 lock-down.
The rapid rise in remote working due to Covid-19 has seen NZ employers and their staff scrambling to establish home-based offices to ensure business continuity.
