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Bell donates N95 Masks Canada wide

Saturday, 18 April 2020 09:30

Bell has announced it has acquired approximately 1.5 million protective face masks to help equip more healthcare and other front-line public workers throughout Canada in the fight against COVID-19.

The N95 and KN95 masks are being donated to the federal, provincial and territorial governments for distribution in every region of the country.

Mirko Bibic, President and CEO of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada said in a statement, "Healthcare professionals, first responders and public servants of all kinds are working courageously to keep Canadians safe and well as our country copes with COVID-19, and many have been facing shortages of the protective equipment they need to do their jobs safely and effectively. Bell is proud to put our scale and global reach to work to help protect the people on the front lines of public health and safety with this donation."

Leveraging its global procurement network to source personal protective equipment (PPE) for its own team members doing critical communications work, Bell was able to acquire an additional 1.5 million high-quality N95 and KN95 face masks, valued at approximately $7.5 million, through multiple logistics partners.

Bell is delivering the masks to the federal, provincial and (in partnership with Bell's Northern Canada subsidiary Northwestel) territorial governments to enable rapid distribution to priority targets including healthcare providers, first responders and other essential departments and agencies supporting the public during COVID-19.

This donation is the latest Bell initiative to help support our communities through the COVID-19 crisis.
 

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