Pakistan manufactures face shields for school-going children

ISLAMABAD (APP): Pakistan is successfully manufacturing international standard face shields for school-going children in order to prevent them from the novel coronavirus.

According to details, a private company ‘SPEL’ has designed the face shield, which was awarded the European Union CE certification for face shields to manufacture and export the protective item.

In this regard, Zia Haider, the designer of the shield, said that prior to the designing of these protective masks, a series of result-oriented consultations with a panel of leading medical professionals was held to understand the psyche of the students so that they feel comfortable while wearing shields in class and their facial expressions should be clearly visible to teachers.

Zia Haider further said that the company has worked out an affordable price of Rs 150 for a shield, on the personal request of Governor Punjab Muhammad Sarwar, so that even poor people can buy the shield.

Giving details about the kits, he said that the kit is light-weight and can be washed with soap and water, provides full-face protection, is comfortable to wear, and is also breathable.

“It is made of a transparent PET sheet using indigenous technology and local resources,” the press release added.

On the occasion, Iftikhar Ali Malik, who was the chief guest, congratulated the manufacturer for developing the high quality face shield to meet the local demand and hoped that it would help in containing the spread of the deadly virus.