The National Council of Export Free Zones (CNZFE) reports that 586 free zone export companies have closed. But those that manufacture medical devices continue in operation. Luisa Fernández, the executive director of CNZFE, says that just one company produces some 20,000 masks per day, serum drops and surgical sheets. She said other companies have sent their workers home on two weeks paid vacation to prevent the spread of the virus.
She said one company has purchased two million of these masks to give to their customers. Others are donating masks to the Ministry of Public Health. Fernandez said another company is producing alcohol daily to be donated to the Ministry of Public Health for use in sanitizers.
She said that 17 call centers continue to operate.
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El Caribe
25 March 2020