First consignment of locally manufactured PPE’s released to public hospitals

Workers at Bedi Investments Textile factory producing Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) for use by the heath workers in the hospitals in Nakuru on April 22, 2020. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The first consignment of locally manufactured Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) has been released by the Kenya Covid-19 fund board to public hospitals in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Equity Group Foundation.

The batch includes 100,250 disposable gowns, 550,000 surgical masks, 54,000 N95 masks, 5,400 protective goggles, 1,000,000 nitrile gloves, 5,400 face shields, 54,000 head/hair covers, 45,000 disposable medical scrubs, 45,000 shoe covers, and 1,000 gumboots.