THE Ministry of Commerce is making efforts to ensure people have access to the essential medical supplies that are critical to the COVID-19 prevention, control and treatment activities, including liquid oxygen and oxygen cylinders, arranging continuous importation on public holidays.
Yesterday, 17 oxygen concentrators
from Yangon International Airport and two oxygen plants, 149 empty oxygen
cylinders, 15 tonnes of masks and 1,141 oxygen concentrators from seaport were
successfully imported.
A total of 60 tonnes of oxygen
(liquid) carried by three bowsers, four tonnes of liquid oxygen, 5,191 empty oxygen
cylinders, seven oxygen plants, 2,265 home oxygen concentrators, 1,000 sets of
PPE suits, and 69 tonnes of masks were also imported via Muse, Myawaddy,
Chinshwehaw, Kampaiti, Hteekhee, Tachilek and Kawthoung trading posts. Three
lorries carrying liquid oxygen led to Yangon, and four oxygen plants to
Myitkyina, two oxygen plants to Yangon and one oxygen plant to Kungyangon Gone
Township, respectively.
It is reported that the Ministry of
Commerce is coordinating with relevant departments, facilitating the
importation of essential medical supplies required in prevention, control and
treatment of COVID-19, as well as contact persons for inquiries can be reached
through the Ministry’s Website — www. commerce.gov.mm.
MNA
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