DTI assures stable supply of face masks amid Taal eruption

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) assures the public of a stable supply of N95 and N88 face masks during the Taal Volcano eruption.

Medtecs International Corporation Limited, the country's sole local manufacturer of medical masks, will increase the availability of these masks.

Medtecs confirmed they will receive an additional 400,000 FFP2-N95 face masks from their parent company abroad next week.

This shipment supplements their existing stock of two million N88 surgical masks produced in their Bataan plant.

DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez met with Medtecs, who had already donated 12,000 FFP2-N95 and 500,000 N88 surgical masks to those affected by the eruption.

The DTI is monitoring prices to prevent overpricing and considering incentives for the production of critical calamity-related products.

Medtecs committed to meeting the demand and stated that their FFP2-N95 masks remain available at the Suggested Retail Price (SRP) of P60.