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Finance minister: Nadma takes over face masks procurement process

BY JERRY CHOONG

Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the procurement of face masks in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak has now been taken over by Nadma. ― Picture by Yusof Mat Isa PUTRAJAYA, Feb 11 — The procurement of face masks in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak has now been taken over by the National Disaster Management Agency , Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said today.

He said the responsibility of procuring, formerly under his ministry and also the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry , is now under Nadma as there is a perceived seriousness for them to do so. “I also had a meeting with several face mask manufacturers earlier on, in which they were informed of the government’s need to build a stockpile in case the public needs them,” Lim said after officiating the expansion of the MySalam public health scheme’s coverage at the ministry’s complex.

 

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