Combating COVID-19: ASI with Gurugram Police stitches masks, distributes them among people
May 03, 2020
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], May 3 : Be it enforcing lockdown or helping the needy, policemen have been at the forefront of India's fight against Coronavirus.
Parveen Kumar, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) with Gurugram Police too is contributing to the fight. He is stitching masks at home and distributing them among the public in a bid to combat COVID-19.
"I know how to stitch, so I started making masks with my sister's help. I have made around 300-400 masks till now," said Kumar.
According to information available on the website of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, as of 5:00 AM on Sunday, 360 cases have been reported from Haryana with 227 cured/migrated/discharged and four deaths.
India's count of COVID-19 cases reached 37,776 on Saturday of which 26,535 are active cases.
