COVID-19: Less Than 1% Of 70 Lakh Protective Gear Supplied Domestically | Read
Only 55,990 personal protective equipment (PPE) for use by those in the frontline in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic out of 70 lakh - or less than 1 per cent - ordered by the centre have been supplied domestically till date, documents accessed by NDTV shows. The number of N95 masks that have been supplied is a little over 21 lakh, though the centre has ordered for 1.01 crore such masks, the document show.
