Staff inspect face masks produced at the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation factory which officially opened in Pathum Thani on Wednesday. The output will help cope with rising demand for masks in light of Covid-19. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)
PATHUM THANI: The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) has launched a surgical mask production line amid promises the country will not run short of such supplies during future epidemics.
Based in Pathum Thani province, the drug-making plant covering 120 square metres has machines to produce single-use surgical masks to help meet demand, which has surged to five times normal levels. During the Covid-19 outbreak, demand for surgical masks reached up to 200 million pieces per month, compared to 40 million pieces a month normally.
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