The Government has stepped up its distribution of protective masks against Covid-19 and stepped up its awareness campaign.

Distribution of masks via the Ministry of the Interior :

Ministry of the Interior : 247,200

Departments :

West: 3,843,320

Artibonite: 1,797,440

Northeast: 419,400

North: 632,500

South-East: 786,500

Center: 902,700

Northwest: 661,150

South: 556,750

Nippes: 412,700

Grand'Anse: 541,250

Total : 10,800,910 (Week 1 to 11 of the pandemic)

In addition, the Minister of Culture Pradel Henriquez handed over a batch of 10,000 masks to associations of journalists and sectoral ministries, received 234,000 masks which they distributed at the level of the civil service. In addition, 3 million masks have been delivered to civil society networks.

Remember that the Government has placed a local order for more than 13 million protective masks. These masks were distributed across the country. Likewise, the Association of Haitian Pharmacists, for its part, made its contribution through the manufacture of nearly 95,000 liters of hydro-alcoholic solutions for the benefit of the population to fight against the spread of Covid-19.

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