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As the cases of cornavirus across the country are rising day by day the need for more personal protection equipments like maaks,suits etc are also increasing.Government is taking every possible step to meet the rising demand of personal protection equipments.On Monday 6th April, The Union Health Ministry said that the India had received 1.70 lakh coveralls personal protection equipments (PPE) donated by China.On monday the supply lines from abroad opened up with the receipt of 1.70 lakhs personal protection equipments (PPE) coveralls from China and the same has been donated to the Government of India,the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.The Ministry had said that till now the centre had arranged and supplied a total number of 2.94 lakh personal protection equipments (PPE) coveralls to the states.The ministry further told that the country at present had 16 lakh N-95 mask which will increase with fresh supply of 2 lakh masks.
The ministry also said that the major portion of the personal protection euipments (PPE) are being sent to the states those have comparatively more number of cases such as Tamil Nadu,Delhi,Kerala,Andra Pradesh,Maharashtra,Telangana and Rajasthan.The supplies are also being sent to the cenral instituions like AIIMS,Safdarjung and RML Hospitals,PIMS NEIGRIHMS,BHU and AMU.
The commencemnent of foreign donation of personal protection equipments(PPE) will help our country in a very great way to fight against the cornavirus.The ministry in its statement also told that the negotiations are in the final stage with a Chinese platform for placing an order of 60 lakh of complete kit which will also include N-95 masks,and the seperate orders had also been placed for the N-95 masks and protective goggles with many other foreign countries.Government is taking every possible step to fulfill the shortage of personal protection equipments (PPE) across the country.Production had also being raised to increase the supply of N-95 masks across the country and so the producers have increased their capacity to about 80,000 masks per day.Efforts are being made by the government to solve the problem of shortage of personal protection equipments(PPE).
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