The maximum wholesale price for 3-ply face masks will also be decreased to 95 sen per unit, but the government did not state when this would take effect.
We urge the government to look into the suggested 20% increase in allocations and prioritise spending on preventive medicine, education and the upgrading of primary care facilities.
Wearing a face mask reduces Covid-19 transmission by decreasing the shedding of virus in the air and environment, especially from people who don’t display symptoms.