Thiruvananthapuram: Even as most other states in India are reportedly scrambling for the Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kits for their health workers to treat novel coronavirus positive patients, Kerala, setting yet another example, provides PPE kits to the police personnel, who are to closely interact with those in COVID-19 isolation, besides health workers.
As some police personnel are having to closely interact with the patients, the PPE kits, usually meant for health workers, have been provided to the cops too.
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This is to ensure the safety of the police personnel and to check the pandemic spread in any manner. Five hundred PPE kits have been given to the police department for the cops’ use while having to directly interact with patients closely.
State Police Chief Loknath Behra inaugurated the PPE kit distribution for the policemen.
Manoj Abraham, Assistant Director General of Police (ADGP), Head Quarters, P Prakash, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Armed Police Battalion, K S Vimal Special Armed Police (SAP) Commandant, and Dr B Eqbal participated in a programme held at the Javalin- Kerala Police Sports Hostel, near Peroorkada S P Camp, here in Thiruvananthapuram.
