The Government distributes nearly 22 million surgical masks for vulnerable groups

The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Territorial Policy today distributed almost 22 million surgical masks through social entities and the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), aimed at population groups most vulnerable.

The distribution will be coordinated, as usual, through the Government delegations and sub-delegations in each autonomous community and city.

Of this total of protective masks, 15,075,000 will be distributed through the FEMP; 40,000 will go directly to schoolchildren in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.

On the other hand, a total of 317,500 masks will go to Cáritas; 752,500, to the Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI); 1,757,500 will be distributed by the NGO Cruz Roja; more than two million will be distributed by the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) and 1,752,500 by the Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL).