Question: Which of the following organisation have been recently ordered for manufacturing of 1.10 lakh Class 3 coveralls?
(a)DRDO
(b)OFB
(c)ISRO
(d)ICMR
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has started supply of ISO Class 3 exposure standards coveralls on April 15, 2020.
- Manufacturing of initial order of 1.10 lakh from HLL Lifecare Limited (HLL) will be completed in 40 days.
- Factories Board has also developed a special two-metre tents which can be used for medical emergency, screening, hospital triage and quarantine purposes. These are made up of waterproof fabric, mild steel and aluminium alloy.
- Manufacture of hand sanitiser is also extensive and more than 70,000 litres have already been supplied to different agencies.
- Two test facilities for blood penetration test has been established, one at Chennai and another at Kanpur.
- Around 280 beds in 10 hospitals have been set aside for isolation.
- The OFB is also trying to produce face masks as per pilot order quantity placed by HLL. More than 90,000 non-medical masks have been manufactured and distributed.
Author: Himanshu Shukla
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https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1614292