Beni Sweif Governor, Muhammad Hani Ghoneim, has inspected the first COVID-19 face masks manufactured by the governorate’s technical school workshops, under supervision of the local health directorat.
During his visit, Governor Ghoniem followed up on the various phases of manufacture, and stressed on the commitment to technical parameters and to cautionary measures for the workers.
Starting 30 May, it will be obligatory in Egypt to wear masks in public places.
The experience of manufacturing masks in technical school workshops, Governor Ghoniem noted, comes within the efforts of Beni Sweif governorate to ensure their availability at all times, in adequate quantities and at affordable prices. Governor Ghoneim said that this necessitated thinking out of the box.
Siham Youssef, Beni Sweif deputy to Egypt’s Minister of Education said: “We taken all the necessary measures to sterilise and disinfect the schools and workshops where medical masks are manufactured.”
Watani International
24 May 2020