The use of N95 masks is crucial while treating COVID-19 patients and testing samples, according to the health directorate’s personal protective equipment guidelines. It said Bangladesh did not have specific guidelines on specifications of N95 masks when it supplied the masks. “The 20,600 pieces of N95 masks from the products at development stage were mistakenly included with the supplied goods but those do not comply with the specifications of N95,” the letter read. FILE PHOTO: Various N95 respiration masks at a laboratory of 3M in Maplewood, Minnesota, US, March 4, 2020. Asked whether JMI will be cleared of the responsibility, CMSD Director Shahidullah told bdnews24.com, “They have the right to seek mercy.

Source: bd News24 April 21, 2020 20:03 UTC