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Cuba starts producing masks in the face of risk of coronavirus

A factory in the province of Sancti Spíritus is already working on the production of some 20,000 masks made of fabric, destined for health institutions.

by OnCuba Staff, OnCuba editorial staff
March 11, 2020
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Mask manufactured in the Carlos Simón factory, in the Cuban municipality of Cabaiguán, as part of the measures for the prevention and control of Covid-19 in Cuba. Photo: Radio Sancti Spíritus.

Mask manufactured in the Carlos Simón factory, in the Cuban municipality of Cabaiguán, as part of the measures for the prevention and control of Covid-19 in Cuba. Photo: Radio Sancti Spíritus.

As part of the measures to face a possible Covid-19 outbreak in Cuba, masks, a means of protection aimed at preventing the spread of the disease in high-risk environments, have already begun to be made on the island.

The Carlos Simón factory, in the municipality of Cabaiguán –in the province of Sancti Spíritus–, is one of the textile entities that produces these pieces made of fabric, destined for health institutions. The Sancti Spíritus factory will produce in the first stage about 20,000 masks, a figure that could be increased “as the process goes along,” according to its director, Gerson Cerquera.

The official said that the operators are working overtime on that assignment and explained that the design of these pieces “is totally different from other masks made for surgical procedures,” according to statements cited by the newspaper Juventud Rebelde.

The publication reports that “to take on this priority task,” the Carlos Simón factory interrupted the making of school uniforms for junior high education that it was carrying out “in order to speed up production.”

The masks made in the Cabaiguán factory “have as a special feature three layers of fabric that help protect against respiratory infections existing in the environment,” according to Liliana Figueroa Ferrer, head of brigade at the factory, who said that they have “the necessary raw material” for their production: more than 5,000 meters of fabric, “very useful for hospital purposes.”

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