For not committing to use it recently … a mandatory muzzle was spent on ration cards to reduce Corona

The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade decided, on Tuesday, to spend only one mandatory muzzle per month on ration cards that include 4 or more people, while continuing to voluntarily disburse for cards of 3 or fewer people, starting today.

This is framed in the interest of the state and the government for the health and safety of citizens, and in light of the growing curve of coronavirus infections (Covid 19), noting that some citizens are currently not committed to wearing masks, and insufficient awareness of the severity of this stage of the global epidemic, and then the muzzle became the first recommendation. Prevent and limit the spread of the emerging virus “Corona”.

The Ministry calls on the Supply Chain and the points of sale of the My Association project to quickly go to the stores of the two wholesale companies (public / Egyptian) to receive the assigned quantities of masks to be delivered to citizens in ration cards, to ensure the regularity of the dispensing process of ration courses.

This is in the interest of the Ministry of Supply to take advantage of the capacity and effectiveness of the ration card in the distribution of basic and strategic products to the largest number of citizens, since there is a database of ration cards of almost 64 million beneficiaries In addition to the fact that the Ministry has the largest regular and disciplined distribution network through ration points and consumption complexes to ensure Rapid distribution and access to all points of the Republic.