Saskatchewan schools will receive an additional four-million masks and 30,000 face shields from two Saskatoon companies.
The Government of Saskatchewan reports it is purchasing personal protective equipment form Innovation Safety Supply and Benchmark Personal Protective Equipment, using $10 million allocated to the Ministry of Education by the provincial COVID-19 contingency fund.
The province says the new mask order will be in addition to 12.4 million disposable and 210,000 re-usable masks provided to Saskatchewan schools during this school year. More than 46-thousand face shields were already provided to school divisions and independent schools. This is the fourth order of PPE supplies provided to schools in the province.
Education Minister Duncan says the government is committed to providing teachers, students and school staff continued access to personal protective equipment from locally based companies.