Werfen is fully committed to the safety of its employees and, as a medical device company, we recognize the critical role we play in the delivery of health care services around the world.  We have a special obligation to ensure our ability to deliver our products and services to hospitals and laboratories, and several of our products are critical in the management of COVID-19 patients.
 
The situation in Benelux is currently acute and is rapidly evolving.  Therefore, we believe we should take a conservative stand to minimize the risk and maximize our ability to continue with critical operations, such as distribution and field service. We do advice our customers to build a local stock for three weeks in order to prevent out of stock situations. On this sense, the Business Continuity  Plan at manufacturing, distribution centers and local level have been proven effective and we do not expect any discontinuation of supplies. Please find attached a Q&A on Werfen and COVID-19.