RAJSHAHI, Mar 22, 2020 (BSS)- Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) will provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including masks and hand sanitizers among its health and conservancy workers aimed at preventing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak .
The RCC authorities took the decision in a preparatory meeting held at the city bhaban conference hall with city mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton in the chair today.
Mayor Liton told the meeting that masks and sanitizers are being manufactured for health, conservancy workers and the city dwellers. Procurement process of PPE from China is going on for protection of the doctors and nurses to be engaged in treatment to coronavirus infected patients .
Booths for using hand sanitizers by the roaming people will be set up in more than 25 spots across the city in near future.
He also said step has also been adopted to spray disinfectant medicine at various areas. Besides, distribution of leaflets and using loudspeaker for generating awareness among the public awareness are progressing.
Panel Mayors Shariful Islam and Rajab Ali, Chief Executive Officer Dr Sharif Uddin, Secretary Abu Hayat Rahmatullah, Chief Revenue Officer Shahana Akhter Jahan, Chief Health Officer Dr AFM Anjuman Ara Begum and Chief Conservancy Officer Sheikh Mamun were present at the meeting.