BAITADI, June 10: The Red Cross Society in Baitadi district has distributed face masks to 72 prisoners, 20 security personnels and 8 staff members serving in the district jail.
According to Tej Prakash Bhatta, Deputy Secretary General of Nepal Red Cross Society for Sudurpaschim Province, the organization had previously provided face masks and medical supplies to the District COVID Crisis Management Center (DCCMC), health workers, security personnels, journalists, local residents and those working in schools and colleges in the region.
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According to Bhim Dutta Pandey, President of the Red Cross Society of Baitadi district chapter, the medical supplies were distributed to help the frontline workers to carry out their duties with ease while also preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
