12,000 PPE masks per day are being manufactured in Madhya Pradesh for frontline COVID-19 warriors as against the daily requirement of 10,000 masks the officials said
1.5 lakh PPE kits have been manufactured so far in the state out of which 75,000 have been sent to Indore and Bhopal, State Industrial Development Centre's Managing Director Kumar Purushottam said.
"Madhya Pradesh needs 10,000 PPE kits per day, whereas the state is producing 12,000 kits every day," Kumar said in a release, adding that the state has a surplus stock of PPE kits for the 'corona warriors'.
"A large number of donors are also coming forward to supply PPE kits in Indore," he added.
The state government has also started preparations to provide masks to people at reasonable rates.
Registration of women interested in stitching cotton cloth masks in the state have also begun. 4,200 women registered on the first day itself. The state government will purchase the masks made by these women at Rs 11 per piece and make them available at reasonable rates.
So far, 302 patients have recovered from the disease and returned home, as per official figures.