https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/03/27/where-is-the-love-global-condom-shortage-looms-as-mco-shuts-world039s-top-producer
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): A global shortage of condoms is looming, the world's biggest producer said, after a movement control order (MCO) forced it to shut down production. Malaysia's Karex Bhd makes one in every five condoms globally. It has not produced a single condom from its three Malaysian factories in the past 10 days due to the MCO imposed by the government to halt the spread of the Covid-19.
That's already a shortfall of 100 million condoms, normally marketed internationally by brands such as Durex, supplied to state healthcare systems such as Britain's NHS or distributed by aid programmes such as the UN Population Fund.
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