The Belize Sugar Industries Limited (BSI) has started the distribution of locally made face masks to stakeholders which includes cane cutters, truck drivers, farmers, and harvesting group leaders. BSI secured and provided the materials for fabrication of more than 5,400 facemasks to women’s groups linked to cane farmer associations from the Orange Walk and Corozal districts. The women began the mass production more than a week ago after BSI’s Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) department approved a sample based on CDC guidelines for non-medical masks to be effective at trapping droplets from speaking, coughing and/or sneezing. Distribution of these fabric facemasks commenced yesterday and each stakeholder will receive a packet containing two masks with a mask-use guide inside.
The Belize Sugar Industries Limited (BSI) has started the distribution of locally made face masks to stakeholders which includes cane cutters, truck drivers, farmers, and harvesting group leaders. BSI secured and provided the materials for fabrication of more than 5,400 facemasks to women’s groups linked to cane farmer associations from the Orange Walk and Corozal districts.
