Company donates 50,000 masks

Company donates 50,000 masks

JAKARTA: The health ministry received on Friday 50,000 masks
provided by PT Johnson Home Hygiene to help the government fight
the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the
country.

The masks were presented by the company's production manager,
Achim Hupperts, to the ministry's secretary-general, Dadi S.
Argadiredja.

Achim said 10,000 masks would go to the ministry and the rest
would be distributed to hospitals in several cities, including
Batam in Riau, Banyumas in Central Java, Dumai in Riau, and
Manado in North Sulawesi.

The 50,000 masks are part of the 70,000 masks the company will
distribute to places such as airports and seaports. -- JP