Health Ministry said that the huge establishment and expansion of local medical equipment manufacturing firms have been playing a pivotal role in reducing the country's dependence on the importation of face masks and other Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention items speaking to The Ethiopian Herald,
Health State Minister Sahrela Abdullahi stated that due to the high demand created by COVID-19, many textile companies are switching to the production of surgical face masks thereby contributing share in the import- substitution strategy.
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