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Fly with your own Covid safety kit, airlines won't provide you with any on domestic flightsDomestic airlines have ceased to provide passengers with masks, face shields, hand sanitizers or even wrap around gowns to the middle-east ...
No shortage of PPEs, N-95 masks: IndustryOfficials said the demand for N-95 masks is less than 300,000 per day and the production capacity is almost 3 million daily while the manuf...
India’s successful journey to self-sufficiency in PPE kitsThe concerted efforts of the government, businesses and multiple stakeholders turned this crisis into a golden opportunity for indigenous m...
Delhi: War on one pandemic brings another backExperts feel the gains made over the last year have, to a large extent, been nullified in this period. A study estimates that Delhi generat...
Dress-makers' P(i)PE dream: When a running stitch saved many from Covid-19"The cost of manufacturing a doctor-grade PPE kit could be around Rs 430 per unit; but this is retailed at around Rs 800 to Rs 900," says a...
Covid-19: New sample testing rule may delay local PPE productionThe four laboratories that test the kits already have a large backlog of samples to be tested, and getting the affidavit physically from so...
IITs are helping India win the Covid battleIIT Kanpur is developing a vaccine against Covid-19, while researchers at Madras and Kanpur have built desi drones for surveillance and IIT...
Guidelines issued for handling of waste generated during COVID-19 patient's treatmentThe apex pollution monitoring body said specific guidelines are required to be followed by all, including isolation wards, quarantine centr...
India to soon airlift critical machines from China for making protective coverallsCoveralls, or body suits, are glued at the seams using a special tape and a sealing machine to prevent contaminants from getting in. One se...
Government eyeing tech solutions to contain virus spreadBy April 17, according to government officials, the aim is to create a list of 30 manufacturers, of which talks with 10 have started.
Bio protective wear specifications in the works stillThe Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) held an “urgent meeting” on April 3 to address the issue, according to a document. “Presently, only on...
Facing shortages, India bets on China for swift ramp-up of protective health gear: SourcesIndia will buy ventilators and masks from China to help it deal with the coronavirus, a government official said on Tuesday, even though so...
India needs at least 38 million masks to fight coronavirus: Agency documentIn a four-page internal document dated March 27, the Invest India agency detailed efforts to find companies that can supply critical suppli...
Coronavirus outbreak: Need for SITRA nod slows coveralls supplyThe Preventive Wear Manufacturers’ Association of India (PWMAI) and the Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AiMeD) have asked th...
Covid-19 outbreak: Masks supply position comfortable, say officialsThe supply of body coveralls started on March 23 and is being ramped up. About 5,000 body coveralls were supplied in the last two days, and...
Coronavirus Pandemic: Healthcare professionals take to social media to express their despairHighlight lack of protective gear and harassment they are facing amid pandemic
Covid-19 pandemic: Emergency offices in 4 cities to fast-track protective gear supplyThere are manufacturing units at various locations including Mumbai, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad. The emergency control offices will ensure coo...
Working with industry to boost health workers’ protection: GovernmentIn a statement, the ministry for textiles said it has, for the past 45 days, been locating adequate number of sources to produce and supply...
Covid-19 outbreak: Protective health gear in short supply“There is a shortage of body coveralls and N-95 masks,” stated the minutes of the meeting. “There is a shortage of material and the rate of...
3 desi firms to make Covid-19 protective gear for doctors, health workersWhile the textiles ministry has on-boarded Vadodara-based Sure Safety, Bengaluru’s Amaryllis Healthcare and Gurugram-based Sai Synergy LLP,...