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The largest condom manufacturer, Malaysia-based company Karex Bhd, has warned that condom shortages could occur in the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bloomberg reported March 28.


Karex Bhd CEO Goh Miah Kiat told the agency that the demand for condoms is growing "in double digits" because many people in different countries are at home due to quarantine, and many do not want to have children because of an uncertain future.


Due to quarantine, three Karex Bhd factories in Malaysia did not work for more than a week. On March 25, the company resumed production, but only half of the employees were allowed to work, Reuters reported.


Goh Miah Kiat predicts that condom shortages will be everywhere, but especially in Africa, where supplies of condoms as part of humanitarian programs can drag on for months.


In addition, Karex Bhd suggests that condom prices will rise.


Karex Bhd produces more than 5 billion condoms per year (about 20% of the global market) and exports them to more than 140 countries. The company produces condoms for well-known brands such as Durex, and also sells products under its own brand.


Reuters noted that other major condom producing countries are China, where the outbreak of the coronavirus began and where production stopped for a while, as well as India and Thailand, where the number of infected people is growing.


An outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus infection began in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. March 11, the World Health Organization announced the spread of coronavirus pandemic.


According to the American Johns Hopkins University, on March 30, the total number of infected people in the world exceeded 755 thousand, of which 36 211 people died, more than 156 thousand recovered. According to CNN, a third of the world's population is about 2.5 billion people because of the coronavirus quarantined.


In Malaysia, according to official data as of March 30, 2626 cases of coronavirus infection were registered, 37 of them ended fatally.



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because-of-bamboo-shortage-canadian-zoo-in-planning-to-return-two-adorable-pandas-back-to-china

Two Pandas are expected to be returned to China from Canada's Calgary Zoo - because of a shortage of bamboo.


Canada has a limited supply of bamboo which could run out very fast.


The Calgary Zoo closed temporarily on March 16 amid the pandemic, reports Xinhua news agency.

Direct flight between China and Calgary, a city in the western province of Alberta have been canceled.


The zoo said it tried to find new bamboo suppliers to feed the pandas, "Er Shun" and "Da Mao", but came across many logistic issues.


"We believe the best and safest place for Er Shun and Da Mao to be during these challenging and unprecedented times is where bamboo is abundant and easy to access," Calgary Zoo President and CEO Clement Lanthier said.


The two pandas arrived in Canada in 2014 as part of a 10-year agreement between Canada and China over the animal's protection and research.




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