Rotary International begins masks distribution to prevent third Covid flow

Publish: 6:55 PM, November 10, 2021 | Update: 6:55 PM, November 10, 2021

Rotary District 3281 Bangladesh has started the distribution of 35 lakh masks across the country to prevent the third phase of Covid-19. The distribution of the masks began on Tuesday at a hotel in Dhaka.

Rotary Governor Barrister Mutasim Billah Farooqi was the chief guest on the occasion. Million Dollar Mask Project Chairman PDG M Khairul Alam, Governor-elect Engineer MA Wahab, Governor Nominee TIM Nurul Kabir, Ted Rossi, one of the founders of Rossi Foundation in USA Kamruzzaman Khan Tipu, Hafiz U Biplob, Ibrahim Zayed Pinak and others leaders was present.

The governor said many Rotarians across the country would run a month-long campaign and distribute free masks to the public about the benefits of wearing masks against covid.

Governor Farooqi added that Rotary clubs around the world have been working hard to deal with the disaster since the Covid-19 epidemic began. Rotary has already spent hundreds of millions of dollars through various activities in this sector.

Apart from distributing millions of hand sanitizers and masks across the country in Bangladesh since the beginning of 2020, Rotary has continued to conduct various activities including providing PPE, grants to various hospitals, setting up oxygen banks and providing food aid to one and a half million families who have lost their jobs due to covid.

Speakers on the occasion mentioned, “As the prevalence of Covid-19 has decreased across the country, there has been a slowdown in the adherence to hygiene among the people.” But reluctance to follow health rules can lead to big disasters for us.