Saskatchewan schools are set to receive another shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) that will help keep students and staff members safe.
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced it is purchasing an additional four million medical grade disposable masks and 30,000 face shields from two Saskatoon companies.
This is the fourth time the province has provided schools with PPE supplies. The last purchase came back in January,
"Our government is committed to providing teachers, students and school staff continued access to personal protective equipment from locally based companies," Education Minister Dustin Duncan said in a press release. "We will continue working with our school communities to ensure they have the supplies needed to keep students, staff and families safe."
School divisions will receive these additional supplies by mid-March. The medical grade disposable masks will be shipped directly to school divisions by Innovation Safety Supply. This order supplements the 12.4 million disposable and 210,000 re-usable masks that have already been provided to school divisions and independent schools this school year.
The face shields will be provided by Benchmark Personal Protective Equipment. More than 46,000 shields have already been provided.
These supplies are being purchased using the $10 million allocated to the Ministry of Education by the provincial COVID-19 contingency fund for the purchase of PPE for schools.
