Kerala Government on Friday decided to use the tailoring units in prisons of the State to deal with the shortage of masks following the coronavirus scare.Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the central jails of the state would begin the manufacture of masks soon.
“Since there is a shortage of masks in Kerala due to coronavirus scare, the state government has decided to manufacture them at the tailoring units in the prisons,” he said.
In a Facebook post, Vijayan said, “Kannur, Viyyur and Thiruvananthapuram central jails will immediately start producing the masks.”