The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi, on Tuesday, issued a circular on N95 masks, asking the healthcare workers to re-use them after disinfecting the masks.
Even though health officials have advised wearing N95 masks to stay safe from COVID-19, they have become invisible in the market due to huge demand. In this scenario, one can wear a home-made mask before leaving the house.
As requirement for medical equipment in the fight against COVID-19 is likely to surge in coming days, the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has started working upon producing personal protection equipment and face masks. The OFB has also set up quarantine facilities for 285 people.
The call comes after the government and companies race against time to help hospitals with their mask shortage.
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A surgical shop in Kerala is selling masks for just Rs 2 at a time when masks including N95, surgical, are being sold at unreasonable prices due to coronavirus threat in the country.
A Noida factory in Sector 63 was busted on Saturday after it was found that it was indulging in manufacturing fake sanitisers. Deputy District Magistrate of Dadri, Rajeev Rai, led the team which raided the factory.
Coronavirus cases were first reported in India in Kerala, and so far a total of 29 cases have been reported across the country so far. In view of the increasing impact of coronavirus, the Central and State governments have been exhorting people to take precautions.
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The CISF has provided medical kits containing hand sanitisers, gloves and masks to all its personnel deployed to guard 62 civil airports in the country in view of the coronavirus scare, officials said on Tuesday.
Nepal gifted 100,000 protective masks to China which is battling against the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has claimed over 630 lives.
People in the Philippines have been advised to use N95 masks than usual surgical masks as a precaution to protect themselves from spewing ash after Taal volcano eruption.
At the famous Shiv-Parvati temple in downtown Sigra, the faces of Lord Shiva, Goddess Durga, Goddess Kali and Sai Baba have been covered with masks.
Twenty-seven of the 37 air quality monitoring stations across Delhi recorded the air quality index in the "severe" category.
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