On the morning of this Saturday, a first batch of 75,000 masks of the FFP2 type was received and distributed from the consignment purchased by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda and which arrived this past morning by air at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid Airport- Playing cards.
A second batch of 100,000 masks, in this case type FFP1, on loan from the Ministry of Defense has also been distributed this Saturday.
These first two lots have already been delivered to the National Police, Civil Guard and Penitentiary Institutions and will be immediately made available to agents and officials throughout the national territory.
Throughout the afternoon of this Saturday, the delivery of a third batch is planned, this with 950,000 masks, which have been purchased directly by the Ministry of the Interior. This lot will arrive by plane at the Josep Tarradellas-El Prat Airport in Barcelona and is made up of 800,000 FFP1 type masks and 150,000 FFP2 type masks. This cargo will then be transported by land to Madrid for distribution throughout Spain.
The FFP1 and FFP2 type masks are designed and manufactured to protect the health of workers who are subject to the risks derived from the coronavirus.
Over the next few days, as well as in the coming weeks, an important sum of masks and other protective equipment will continue to arrive regularly, in sufficient numbers to guarantee the needs of the National Police, Civil Guard and Penitentiary Institutions.
Planning and provisioning
All these items are added to the stocks that both the National Police and the Civil Guard and Penitentiary Institutions have been assuring as a result of the continuous effort made by both the departments and the Ministry of the Interior to guarantee the supply of individual protection equipment for agents and officials.
In the case of the National Police and Civil Guard, these efforts began in late January, when the Coronavirus crisis began to spread from China to other countries. The first acquisitions were intended to provide the agents who are dedicated to border control with personnel with a higher risk of exposure at that time due to the functions they have been assigned.
In total, without counting the games received this weekend, more than 1,971,300 gloves and more than 546,100 masks have been distributed between their National Police and Civil Guard, as well as other protection elements.
Penitentiary Institutions
In the area of Penitentiary Institutions before this weekend, more than 145,000 masks, 2,000 liquid resistant gowns and one of eye protection had already been distributed among officials.
Likewise, in collaboration with the Military Emergency Unit, 23 penitentiary centers have already been disinfected, a task that will continue in the coming days for the rest of the prisons.
