Maha Home Minister distributes masks, sanitizers to police

Mumbai, Apr 4 () Maharashtra Home Minister AnilDeshmukh on Saturday distributed face masks and handsanitizers to police personnel who are on the streetsenforcing the lockdown for coronavirus.

Deshmukh shared a video which showed him handing outmasks and sanitizers to policemen in Mumbai on Twitter.

"Police personnel working tirelessly to help preventthe spread of the #CoronaPandemic come in direct contact withso many. As a preventive safety measure, I distributed specialmasks & sanitizers to them," he tweeted.

In another tweet he said, "The government distributedpersonal protection equipment to police personnel who weresetting out to catch those fleeing home quarantine."

Maharashtra has so far reported 537 coronavirus cases,a majority of them in Mumbai.

The Union government on Saturday issued an advisoryasking people to wear "homemade face covers", especially whenstepping out of home. ENMKRK KRK