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The Police garment factory has produced more than 100,000 cloth masks for distribution among its officers. The Police Advisory Committee resolved in its meeting held on April 8, 2020 to use its garment factory to produce face masks for more than 41,760 policemen and policewomen to minimise expenditure.
According to sources, the Inspector-General of Police-IGP, Martin Okoth Ochola told the meeting that it would be costly to import the masks for all police officers compared to buying materials and producing them using their own staff at the factory.
Now, Dr Moses Byaruhanga, the Director of Police Health Services, says the factory has so far produced more than 100,000 cloth masks, which have already been distributed to police officers and other people living in barracks.
Dr Byaruhanga explains that police officers in high-risk areas particularly at border points such as Mutukula, Malaba and Elegu have received the N95 and KN95 respiratory masks. The N95 and KN95 masks provide 95 per cent protection since they are able to trap even the tiniest particles of airborne and highly contagious diseases such as COVID-19.
