The Mexican navy is producing personal protective equipment amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and since the country will likely enter the third phase of its contingency plan soon, the Navy Ministry ( Semar ) is working on producing personal protective equipment for the navy personnel who will treat patients infected with COVID-19 .

Through its factory, the Semar will produce face masks, proximity suits, bedding, pajamas, surgical gowns , among other equipment.

On average, the navy is producing 800 sets of personal protective equipment every day.

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The equipment will be distributed among navy doctors who will treat patients infected with coronavirus and who are interned in navy hospitals.

Currently, the navy has 8 hospitals that have been modified to properly care for COVID-19 patients who show serious symptoms.

Moreover, it will open 10 isolation centers to treat 4,000 with mild symptoms in Mexico City, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz.

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