Pretty much all countries have some sort of medical supply reserves to handle health emergencies.
Ideally, you would have a stockpile in some government warehouse somewhere that you can distribute to hospitals and at risk populations.
I suspect no country has stockpiled enough for this type of outbreak, but hopefully we rectify that moving forward.
I do think that if you are a young, healthy person, not trying to buy a mask is the responsible thing to do at this point.
I am not so sure about this, i just was at the main-german-website for these kind of things, and read what they have decided, cause there was a meeting with some EU-Countries.
- Auf europäischer Ebene ist geplant, Schutzausrüstung für medizinisches Personal zu beschaffen.
"Its planed to get protective gear for medical personal for the EU"
- Die Gesundheitsminister Italiens, Österreichs, Kroatiens, der Schweiz, Sloweniens, Frankreichs und Deutschlands haben sich darauf geeinigt, Reisende von und nach Italien nach dem gleichen Muster über das Virus zu informieren.
"They want to inform travelers going to and from Italy about the Virus"
- Außerdem wollen die Länder epidemiologische Daten sowie Informationen zum klinischen Management der Epidemie zwischen den Ländern austauschen. Generelle Grenzschließungen lehnten die Gesundheitsminister ab. Ob Großveranstaltungen abgesagt werden müssen, solle von Fall zu Fall geprüft werden.
"Not closing the boarder, and if events are gonna be cancelled should be decided from each event"
Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 / Covid-19): Aktueller Stand | FAQs | Maßnahmen
www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de
I know that they are professionals, and i should have more trust into them, but it sounds like they are not taking it seriously.
Also from the website: 18 known cases who have/had Corona, the most are healthy again and released.