The Osaka city government requested Tuesday that citizens offer unused raincoats as an alternative to protective gear that is in short supply at medical institutions amid a surge in coronavirus infections.In issuing the request, Mayor Ichiro Matsui said medical professionals at some institutions in the major Japanese city have no choice but to wear trash bags when treating patients."If doctors get infected, we can never beat coronavirus," Matsui said. "We're totally short of (protective gear), so we'd like (people) to offer as much (such gear) as they have."Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura mad…READ FULL ARTICLE