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NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday said that more than two crore N95 masks and over 1 crore PPEs have been distributed free of cost by the Centre to the states, since April 1.
"Since April 1, 2020, Centre has distributed more than 2.02 crore N95 masks and more than 1.18 crore PPE kits to states/UTs/central institutions, free of cost. Also, more than 6.12 crore HCQ tablets have been distributed to them," the Union Health Ministry disclosed this in a press release.
The ministry said, "In addition, so far, 11,300 `Make in India` ventilators have been dispatched to various states/UTs/central institutions, out of which 6,154 ventilators stand already delivered to various hospitals.