By Our Reporter
The Government of Uganda is restricting the buying and selling of surgical masks and N95 respirators on the open market.
As the country gears towards a mass wearing of face masks, the N95 brand will be reserved for health workers and persons in highly contagious settings. The type reduces the exposure by filtering out at least 95 per cent of particles in the air.
Speaking EXCLUSIVEY to Innerman Radio, Dr Monica Musenero, the Senior Presidential Advisor on epidemics reveals that the massive use of these N95 masks might have a run on medical facilities and quarantine centres where they are badly needed.
Reports have indicated that supplies of medical masks are running critically low as countries battle a lethal strain of coronavirus disease.
Musenero also warned the public from buying masks from vendors, she said due to poor handling, it’s very likely that they are already contaminated. She said they have also observed that some people try masks on and then return it to the vendors which are very risky.
