Congressman Felix Chung wears a reusable antibacterial mask
According to the South China Morning Post newspaper on February 10, the Hong Kong textile industry is producing the first batch of reusable and antibacterial cloth masks of 3,000 in the hope that they will be distributed to these masks. The city's vulnerable community group this weekend.
The SCMP reporter came into contact with this new mask and described the mask as having three layers of fabric and was said to be effective in protecting the wearer from droplets and dust and remains Antibacterial ability after washing 50 times.
However, Senator Felix Chung Kwok Pan, a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council in charge of textiles and the leader of the Liberal party, acknowledged there is no scientific evidence that this mask can stop the grain. dust or droplets with the new strain of corona virus .
"We hope to provide the fastest alternative to reduce panic among people as the government is seeking to address the shortage of medical masks," added Felix Chung. .
In addition, Hong Kong's technology center is also being set up to become a medical mask manufacturer with the goal of producing 100,000 masks each day to meet the current needs of the people.
Earlier, the Xinhua News Agency reported that factories in China have recovered about 73% of their general mask production capacity and 87% of medical masks.
Currently China is the largest mask producer in the world, normally China produces more than 20 million masks a day.
Also on 9-2, the Government of Singapore said it would extend the time to receive medical masks by the end of this month, which is February 29 for households who have not yet received masks. Each household can only receive once and must show citizenship.
According to the Straits Times newspaper , Singapore has organized a distribution of 5.2 million masks for households, each household 4 masks in the period from 1-2 to 9-2. However, so far only 54% of the 1.3 million households have received masks at distribution points.
Last week, Taiwanese and Taiwanese Taiwanese leaders decided to spend NT $ 200 million and speed up the production of medical masks as well as N95 masks to 10 million a day for 5 consecutive weeks to cope with the corona virus disease. booming.
By the morning of February 10, there were 40,554 new cases of coronavirus infection worldwide, with 910 deaths and 3,342 cases recovered.
Source: vinatex.com.vn
