By Cathy Elelman • Published: 21 Apr 2020 • 15:09
LATEST ORDER: This was the fourth plane load of protective materials acquired by the Balearic government to arrive on the islands. CREDIT: Govern Illes Balears Twitter @goib
ANOTHER major consignment of personal protection equipment acquired by the Balearic government has arrived in the Spanish holiday islands.
Avui hem dut un nou carregament de material sanitari comprat pel Govern: 300.000 mascaretes quirúrgiques, 40.000 FPP2, 1.500.000 de guants de nitril i 100.000 ulleres de protecció. Gràcies al personal sanitari i sociosanitari per cuidar-nos pic.twitter.com/5B6omkQzDn — Govern de les Illes Balears (@goib) April 20, 2020
Avui hem dut un nou carregament de material sanitari comprat pel Govern: 300.000 mascaretes quirúrgiques, 40.000 FPP2, 1.500.000 de guants de nitril i 100.000 ulleres de protecció. Gràcies al personal sanitari i sociosanitari per cuidar-nos pic.twitter.com/5B6omkQzDn
— Govern de les Illes Balears (@goib) April 20, 2020
The 300,000 surgical masks, 1.5 nitrile gloves, 40,000 filtering facepiece 2 masks, and some 10,000 protective goggles from China arrived on Monday on a Russian airline travelling from Beijing via Moscow. This was the fourth plane load of protective materials the Balearic administration has bought from China, as well as from the usual suppliers. Public Health director general Maria Antonia Font explained the distribution planning is now underway. Balearic Infectious Diseases Management Autonomous Committee spokesman Javier Arranz said more than 70 tonnes of personal protective equipment has now arrived in the archipelago in total.
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
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