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TESDA produces 17K face masks for Covid-19 front-liners
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) training centers nationwide have produced a total of 17,866 washable and reusable face masks for COVID-19 frontliners.
TESDA Secretary Isidro Lapeña directed training institutions with registered Dressmaking NC II programs to start producing masks on March 16.
The masks, made of cotton or suitable materials, follow Department of Health specifications.
Most of the masks were distributed for free to frontliners, hospitals, barangay tanods, health workers, police officers, jail personnel, local government units, media members, and TESDA employees and their families.
TESDA decided to produce the masks due to the reported shortage and exorbitant prices of face masks nationwide.
TESDA - Region V produced the highest number of masks with 6,542 pieces, distributed to various local institutions and hospitals.
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