One for each inhabitant of the Haut-Rhin: 770,000 masks, ordered by the departmental council and the municipalities, which must be donated from May 11 and throughout the month.
A first delivery of 20,000 masks came out this Wednesday from the Lang factory in Hirsingue, announced on Facebook the president (DVD) of the departmental council, Brigitte Klinkert.
"Local production"
These masks, made in partnership with the workshops of the Marie-Pire d'Altkirch association, were then to be wrapped by volunteers and transported to Dannemarie by soldiers from the Chad March Regiment and the 152nd Infantry Regiment, in the part of Operation Resilience.
Other sites of the Alsace Textile Pole participate in the manufacture of these masks for the general public, "100% local production, washable and reusable", the delivery of which to residents will be organized by the intermunicipal authorities and the municipalities.
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