Chaung-U, May 8
Members of Chaung-U township Committee on Covid-19 Containment and Emergency Response distributed facial masks to passers-by in front of the main market in the town of Chaung-U, Sagaing region this morning.
The aim of the campaign is to help local people adopt the practice of wearing facial masks when they go out in the times of Covid-19 outbreak. We have distributed 500 pieces of facial masks including 250 home-made masks to passers-by this morning, asking them to wear masks when they go out. The township-level committee is planning to distribute more masks to local people free of charge, said U Aung Baw, chairman of the township Committee on Covid-19 Containment and Emergency Response.
With the cooperation from the township women affairs association, the township Covid-19 committee is making arrangements to produce more masks. On April 23, members of the township Covid-19 committee also gave out 500 pieces of facial masks to sellers and buyers at the temporary open-air market set up on public sports ground in the town.
Pyithu Huttaw MP U Myo, Sagaing region Hluttaw MP U Win Myint Khin, members of the township Covid-19 containment and emergency response committee, members of the township police force, members of Red Cross Society and members of the township women affairs association took part in distributing facial masks to local people.—Yamin (Shwe Oo Myay)
Translated by Aung Zaw Lin
