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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is restricting the buying and selling of surgical and N95 masks on the open market. As the country gears towards a mass wearing of face masks, the N95 brand will be reserved for health workers and persons in highly contagious settings. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers could be using wrong masks mistaking them for surgical masks that are required in hospital or infectious settings after the National Drug Authority (NDA) found a shortfall in their labeling. Brenda Kitimbo, the Principal Regulatory Officer at NDA says that although medical …