NZ govt donates personal protective equipment for our frontline workers

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NZ govt donates personal protective equipment for our frontline workers

By Semi Turaga

12/05/2021

[image credit: Jonathan Curr]

Personal Protective Equipment has been donated by the New Zealand government for staff members of the Ministry of Disaster Management helping the Health Ministry contain the current COVID-19 outbreak.

They also donated safety boots, gumboots, reflector jackets and reflector vests.

The donated personal protective equipment have been deployed to the divisions to be used by the Provincial Administrators, District Officers and Assistant District Officers.

The New Zealand High Commission also recently donated 6,000 masks and 300 bottles of hand sanitizer to the the Office of the Commissioner Central and Western.

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