Govt plans handout of 30 million masks in major cities
The government plans to give away 30 million reusable cloth masks to 10 million people or three per person, said Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit today (March 5) after a meeting with related parties on ways to solve the problem of supply shortage amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
The meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
Suriya said he had asked for collaboration from the Federation of Thai Industries' Textile Industry Club to produce 30 million standard washable cloth masks for a give-away to 10 million people, or three masks per person.
The handout will focus on densely- populated major cities, including Bangkok.
The government will subsidise production cost and Industry Ministry will propose the plan to the Cabinet next week. It plans to hand out 300,000 masks daily.
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