UNIDO launches the safety guidelines for the industrial sector in response to COVID-19
20 May 2020
- The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in partnership with the Ministry of Industry, launched a safety guidelines developed for the industrial sector entitled "Recommendations and Preventive Measures in Response to COVID-19”, at the Grand Serail.
- The initiative has been funded by Italy and Japan, and comes as a preventive measure with the objective of supporting the Ministry of Industry´s efforts to develop and disseminate specific procedures to help the industrial sector to cope with COVID-19 and prevent the spread of the pandemic throughout all processing steps of the value chain.
During his intervention, H.E. Dr. Imad Hoballah stated his “pleasure to launch this activity together, initiating a new phase of scientific and practical measures to confront the Corona epidemic in factories.” He also stressed the joint efforts and coordination among all the ministries under the umbrella of the Prime Minister H.E Dr. Hassan Diab.
On his turn, H.E. Dr. Hamad Hassan mentioned that "until the vaccine is discovered and we are more familiar with the characteristics of this virus, we must change some of our social habits to protect our society”. On the safety guidelines he added “this activity comes as a result of cooperation between different sectors that take care of different social interests with adoption of collateral health controls”.
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