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Updated March 28th, 2020 at 19:56 IST

Coronavirus outbreak: Punjab distilleries supply free sanitiser to hospitals

The sanitiser was manufactured according to prescribed formula of mixing 96 per cent ethanol, 3 per cent hydrogen peroxide, glyceryl, permitted colour and sterile water, said Food and Drug administration Commissioner K S Pannu.

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Six distilleries in Punjab have supplied 33,000 litres of sanitizer free of cost to government hospitals in the state, an official said on Saturday. The sanitiser was manufactured according to prescribed formula of mixing 96 per cent ethanol, 3 per cent hydrogen peroxide, glyceryl, permitted colour and sterile water, said Food and Drug administration Commissioner K S Pannu.

"The manufacturing, supply and transportation of sanitizing material is done free of cost," he said in a statement. The sanitiser was also supplied to police, Pannu said. There has been a high demand of sanitiser in Punjab due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Published March 28th, 2020 at 19:56 IST

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