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2M face masks to be available to public, health workers: DTI
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez announced that two million face masks will be available within a month to address the nCoV outbreak.
A seasoned local supplier in Bataan, with 41 years of experience, will provide the masks.
The supplier committed to deliver 100,000 masks immediately to the Department of Health (DOH) for frontliners.
They plan to supply 400,000 masks weekly and have guaranteed one million masks for the public and another million for the DOH's requirements over the next month.
The owner of the manufacturing company offered to sell the face masks at P8 each, significantly lower than the current market price.
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