Over 2 Crore N95 Masks Given To States Since April 1, Says Centre

Centre has distributed greater than 2.02 crore N95 masks among the many states.

New Delhi:

Since April 1, the Centre has distributed greater than 2.02 crore N95 masks and over 1.18 crore PPE kits among the many states, Union territories and central establishments totally free, the Union well being ministry mentioned on Friday.

In addition, 11,300 “Make in India” ventilators have thus far been dispatched to varied states, Union territories and central establishments, of which 6,154 have already been delivered to varied hospitals, it mentioned.

“The central government is also ensuring their installation/commissioning. This will help to bridge the massive gap in availability of ventilators in COVID ICU facilities,” the ministry mentioned in a press release.

The well being ministry can also be supplying 1.02 lakh oxygen cylinders to the states and Union territories, of which 72,293 have been delivered to strengthen the oxygen-beds there.

Also, greater than 6.12 crore HCQ tablets have been given to the states and Union territories.

The Union authorities, together with the states and Union territories, has been relentlessly working for the prevention, containment and administration of COVID-19, the assertion mentioned.

The central position of the federal government has been in strengthening the well being infrastructure to struggle the pandemic, it added.

“Along with augmenting COVID-19 facilities, Centre has been providing medical supplies free of cost to the state and UT governments to supplement their efforts,” the ministry mentioned.

The assertion underlined that a lot of the merchandise equipped by the Centre weren’t being manufactured within the nation at first and there was a worldwide demand because of the pandemic, leading to a “scarce availability in the foreign markets”.

However, with the mixed efforts of the ministries of well being, textiles, prescription drugs, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and others, the home trade has been inspired to fabricate and provide important medical gear equivalent to private protecting gear (PPE) kits, N95 masks, ventilators throughout this era. 

“With the result, resolve for ”Atmanirbhar Bharat” and ”Make in India” has been strengthened and most of the supplies made by GOI are domestically manufactured,” the ministry mentioned. 

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