Governments, manufacturers and suppliers are scrambling to keep up with orders of personal protective equipment due to the sudden spike in global demand.

As Ontario battles the novel coronavirus pandemic, Georgian College students are helping to produce face shields for local health-care workers.

Groups of volunteers across Canada are using 3D printers to produce personal protective equipment and other essential supplies at a breakneck speed -- an effort some say could have a lasting impact even after the COVID-19 crisis passes.

Some of the doctors said they were maltreated by the police and that some of their colleagues were beaten. The physicians declined to give their names, fearing reprisals.

In France and Germany, senior officials said the United States was paying far above the market price for masks.

A group of Queen's University medical students is making masks and face shields for front-line health-care workers amid the new coronavirus pandemic.